13th Bengaluru International Film Festival- Official Catalogue

13th Biffes

Maana Maana

2021 / India / ªÀiÁ£À
Kannada / 105 min.

Director: Mahaninga has the same dreams as other
Sebastin David common people. Although he is chained to
Producer: bonded labor, he tries to make his dreams
Kantha Lakshmi come true. There are innumerable hurdles
Ramesh between him and his dreams; there is a
Editor: battalion of a society that exploits him. His
Shiva Prasad Yadav wife Sunkalamma lovingly supports and
Writer(s): protects her husband and two children. The
Hemraj Hunasuru lazy master, Gowda, is an exploiter of the
DOP: have-nots. He exploits Mahaninga, but the
Sijo K Jose latter is capable of giving a stubborn reply.
Sound: A life without self-respect is also a bonded
Palani Senapathi life. It is this wealth that is a Divine Boon to
Music: Mahaninga.
Palani Senapathi
Cast: ¸ÀªÀÄPÁ°Ã£À ¸ÀªÀiÁdzÀ PÀ£À¸ÀÄ MAzÉ. Gt®Æ CªÀ¸ÀgÀ-
Devraj, Umashree, GqÀ®Æ DvÀÄgÀ. ¸ÀàzsÉð UÉ®ÄèªÀ UÀr©r. ¸ÀéAvÀ zÁj- UÀÄjUÀ½®èzÀ
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Mugu Suresh, Sa MzÁÝqÀĪÀ EA¢£À §zÀÄQ£À MAzÀÄ ªÁ¸ÀÛªÀ ¸ÀvÀå EzÉÃ.
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Sebastin David

Sebastian Has Been Working As
A Film Director And Producer. He
started His Career As A Film Pro-
ducer In 1990 With The Film KALLA
BANDA KALLA Starring Kumar

Govind, Vinay Prasad, Doddanna and Mukhya
Mantri Chandru. He Also Directed The Film JYOTI
ALLIAS KOTHIRAJA In 2015 for Which he was Ac-
corded The State Award. His 2017 Film DHVANI Was

Officially Selected For 9Th BIFFes.

Kannada Cinema Competition 99

13th Biffes

Matangi Matangi Deevatige
Deevatige
ªÀiÁvÀAV ¢ÃªÀnUÉ

2021 / India / Baabu Rao and Ratnamma are from
Gaajipura, Gulbarga District. Baabu
Kannada / 99 min. Rao works as a Cobbler. He knows the
value and importance of education
Director: and so, educates his seven daughters
Manju Pandavapura and a boy with his hard earned money.
Producer: He is a Freedom fighter and sets an ex-
G Y Padma ample in society by giving his children
Editor: good education.
Manoj
Writer(s): UÀÄ®âUÀðzÀ ¨Á§ÄgÁªï ºÁUÀÆ gÀvÀߪÀÄä JA§ zÀA¥ÀwUÀ¼ÀÄ
J M Prahlad ¸ÀܽÃAiÀÄ UÁfÃ¥ÀÅgÀzÀ ¤ªÁ¹UÀ¼ÀÄ. ¨Á§ÄgÁªï gÀªÀgÀ ªÀÈwÛ
DOP: fêÀ£ÀzÀ PÀ¸ÀÄ§Ä ZÀ¥Àà° ºÉƯÉAiÀÄĪÀÅzÀÄ. D PÀ¸ÀħĤAzÀ
PVRSwamy fêÀ£À £ÀqɸÀÄwÛzÀÝgÀÄ CzÀPÀÆÌ «ÄV¯ÁV fêÀ£ÀPÉÌ ²PÀët CªÀ±Àå
Sound: JA§ÄzÀ£ÀÄß CjvÀÄ vÀ£Àß JAlÄ ªÀÄPÀ̼ÀÄ CAzÀgÉ K¼ÀÄ d£À ºÉtÄÚ
Sachin Nagartha ªÀÄPÀ̼ÀÄ ºÁUÀÆ M§â UÀAqÀÄ ªÀÄUÀ£À£ÀÄß ¸ÀªÀiÁdzÀ°è PÀµÀÖ ¥ÀlÄÖ
Music: «zÁåªÀAvÀgÀ£ÁßV ªÀiÁqÀÄvÁÛgÉ.
Sachin Nagartha ¨Á§ÄgÁªï M§â ¸ÁévÀAvÀæå ºÉÆÃgÁlUÁgÀgÁ VzÀÄÝPÉÆAqÉÃ
Cast: vÀ£Àß fêÀ£ÀªÀ£ÀÄß zÉñÀPÉÌ ªÀÄÆr¥ÁVlÄÖ, vÀ£Àß PÀÄlÄA§ªÀ£ÉßÃ
Dr D S Chougale, ²PÀët zÀvÀÛ ¸ÁV¸ÀĪÀ°è AiÀıÀ¹é ºÉÆA¢ ²PÀët PÉëÃvÀæPÉÌ ªÀiÁzÀ-
D Hanumakka jAiÀiÁVzÁÝgÉ. F J¯Áè CA±ÀUÀ¼À PÀxÁºÀAzÀgÀªÀ£ÀÄß F
Mariyammanahalli, ¥ÀjPÀ®à£ÉAiÉÄà “ªÀiÁvÀoV ¢ÃªÀnUÉ “.
Dr Vijalakshmi
Deshamane, Pro
Samata Deshamane,
Srinivas Prabhu

Manju Pandavapura

He Is a Well-Known Director In the
Kannada Film Industry. He has
Worked In Dramas, and More Than
60 Feature Films In the Direction
Department. SHMASHANA MOUNA
And BHRUNGADA BENNERI are his independent-
ly directed films. His First Direction SHMASHANA
MOUNA was Screened In 11Th BIFFES.

100 Kannada Cinema Competition

13th Biffes

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2021 / India / Presently, Some Serious Crises Are Mal-
nutrition, Natural Disasters, And The Dis-
Kannada / 117 min. missal Of Farmers Due To The Thirst Of
Human Modernization. Because Of Cov-
Director: id, The Poor Have Lost Jobs and Hunger
Nanjunde Gowda N R is Prevalent. Children Facing This Prob-
Producer: lem Is The Main Theme Of This Movie.
Nanjunde Gowda N R Siri Is A Brilliant Girl With Loving And
Editor: Concerned Parents. To Solve The Crisis Of
Sanjeev Reddy Malnutrition, She And Her Friends Start
Writer(s): the Atal Poustik Company To Eradicate
N R Nanjundegowda The Problem.
DOP: ¥Àæ¸ÀÄÛvÀ dUÀwÛ£À dé®AvÀ ¸ÀªÀĸÉå C¥Ë¶ÜPÀvÉ.gÉÊvÀ£À £É®UÀlÄÖ £Á±À,
A C Mahendra ¥ÀæPÀÈw «PÉÆÃ¥À, ªÀÄ£ÀĵÀå£À vÀAvÀæeÁÕ£ÀzÀ DzsÀĤPÀvÉAiÀÄ zÁºÀ
Sound: ªÉÄïÁV PÉÆëqï ºÉªÀiÁäj¬ÄAzÁV zÀÄrªÉĬĮèzÉ §qÀvÀ£À
V Manohar ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ºÀ¹ªÀÅ ¸ÀªÀĸÉå ºÉZÁÑUÀ®Ä PÁgÀt, eÉÆvÉUÉ zÉñÀ, zÉñÀUÀ¼À
Music: AiÀÄÄzÀÞ, £ÀgÀºÀAvÀPÀgÀ ClÖºÁ¸À, zsÀªÀÄð zsÀªÀÄðUÀ¼À ªÀÄzsÉå zÉéõÀzÀ
V Manohar eÁé¯É ¥ÀjuÁªÀÄ §qÀvÀ£À, ºÀ¹ªÀÅ,¥Ë¶×PÀ DºÁgÀzÀ PÉÆgÀvÉ.
Cast: ªÀÄPÀ̼À°è PÁqÀÄwÛgÀĪÀ F ¸ÀªÀĸÉå £ÀªÀÄä avÀæzÀ ªÀÄÄRå ºÀAzÀgÀ.
Neenasam Ashwath, ¹j J®ègÀ CZÀÄѪÉÄaÑ£À ºÀÄqÀÄV! vÀAzÉ vÁ¬ÄAiÀÄ ¦æÃwAiÀÄ PÀƸÀÄ,
Sananthini, Ankitha, CdÓ£À ªÀiÁUÀðzÀ±Àð£À. vÀAzÉUÉ ªÀÄUÀ¼À ¨sÀ«µÀåzÀ §UÉÎ PÁ¼Àf !
Master Madhusud- vÁ¬ÄUÉ ªÀÄUÀ¼À ¨sÁªÀ£ÉUÀ¼À §UÉÎ DPÉëÃ¥À! F ªÀÄzsÉå ªÀÄPÀ̼À°è
han, Sanathini, Mas- PÁqÀĪÀ C¥Ë¶×PÀvÉAiÀÄ ¸ÀªÀĸÉåAiÀÄ §UÉÎ UɼÉAiÀÄgÉÆA¢UÉ
ter Sarvagna,Ramesh PÀÆr vÀAqÀªÁV C¥Ë¶×PÀvÉAiÀÄ «gÀÄzÀÞ ºÉÆÃgÁl, eÉÆvÉUÉ
Bhat, Srinidhi Bhat, F ¸ÀªÀĸÉåUÉ ¥ÀjºÁgÀ PÀAqÀÄPÉƼÀî¨ÉÃPÉA§ zÀÈqÀ ¸ÀAPÀ®à ¥ÀÄlÖ
Sneha, Hanumanthe ªÀAiÀĹì£À°è ! §ºÀÄ zÉÆqÀØ ¥ÀjºÁgÀzÀ ªÀÄÄ£ÀÄßr! °l¯ï ¥Ë¶×Pï
Gowda JA§ ¸ÀA¸ÉÜAiÀÄ ¸ÁÜ¥À£É ªÀÄÆ®PÀ C¥Ë¶×PÀvÉ «gÀÄzÀÞ ªÀÄPÀ̼À
¸ÀAWÀnvÀ ºÉÆÃgÁl ªÀÄÄAzÀĪÀgÉAiÀÄÄvÀÛzÉ.

Nanjunde Gowda N R

Debut Direction of SANKRANTHI,
and directed NAANU NEENU JODI,
NODU BA NAMOORA, A AAE EE,
APOORVA JODI,AMANUSHA , HEB-
BET RAMAKKA, NANU GANDHI

Kannada Cinema Competition 101

13th Biffes

Physics Physics Teacher
Teacher
¦ü¹Pïì nÃZÀgï
2021 / India /
Kannada / 108 min. Story of a young rational physics teach-
er who believes nothing exists with-
Director: out scientific reasoning and regards
Sumukha S everything else like superstitions and
Producer: blind beliefs as misguidings that hold
Sumukha S no truth in society. A situation arrives
Editor: in his life that breaks his ideologies
Ajay Kumar and haunts him to the extent of losing
Writer(s): his mind till he finally concludes with
Sumukha S an unexpected and unacceptable
DOP: ending. This story is a fight between
Raghya Gyarehalli the physical world with reasoning and
Sound: the psychological world without rea-
Skanda Subramanya soning.
Music:
Skanda Subramanya ªÁ¸ÀÛªÀ J£ÀÄߪÀÅzÀÄ PÀtÄÚ ªÀÄÄaÑzÁUÀ PÁtĪÀ ¸ÀvÀåªÁzÀgÉ
Cast: ºÉÃVgÀÄvÀÛzÉ PÀtÄÚ ªÀÄÄaÑ zÁUÀ ¤dªÁV C£ÀAvï CªÀPÁ±ÀªÁX-
Sumukha S, Prerana zÀÄÝ MAzÀÄ D¯ÉÆÃZÀ£É ºÀÄnÖzÀ PÀÆqÀ¯É CzÀPÉÌ AiÀiÁªÀÅzÉÃ
K, Mandya Ramesh, ¤¢ðµïmÁªÀw DPÁgÀªÀ«®èzÉà EµÀÖ §AzÀAvÉ ¨É¼ÉAiÀÄÄvÛ À
Kaniika, Benakesh, ¥ÀPÀÌzÀ ªÀÄgÀPÉÌ ¸ÀA§AzÀªÉà E®èzÀAvÉ vÀ£ÀßzÉ ¸ÀéAvÀ DPÀÈwAiÀÄ°è
Yshas, Chandana ¨É¼ÉzÀÄnÖ¹¯ÉÆqÉAiÀÄĪÀ ªÀÄgÀzÀAvÉ DzÀgÉ zÀÄgÀzÀȵÀ֪ɪÀÄzÀgÉ CzÀÄ
vÀ£Àß «£Áå¸ÀPÉÌ §A¢AiÀiÁVzÉ PÀ®ë£ÀUÉUÀÆ ªÁ¸ÀÛªÀPÀÆÌ EgÀĪÀ
ªÀåvÁå¸ÀªÉãÀÄ PÀtÄÚ ªÀÄÄaÑzÁUÀ PÁtĪÀ zÀȱÀåUÀ¼É ªÁ¸ÀÛªÀ JAzÀÄ
ªÁ¢¹zÀgÉ CzÀPÉÌ ¥ÀÆgÀPÀ ¸ÁQëUÀ¼ÀÄ ¹UÀ®Ä §ºÀÄzÀÄ EAvÀºÀ
ªÁ¸ÀÛªÀzÀ ¤AiÀĪÀÄUÀ¼Éà ¨ÉÃgÉ

Sumukha S

Sumukha S Is A Debut Director In
The Kannada Film Industry.

102 Kannada Cinema Competition

13th Biffes

Raktha Blood Rose

Gulabi §èqï gÉÆøï

2021 / India / Ganesh, a common man deceived by the
Kannada / 132 min. system, fails while trying to seek justice.
So, he rebels against the system. At last,
Director: he avenges the people who destroyed his
Raby family but is forced to travel along the path
Producer: he chose. While struggling to break free,
Rajesh he falls in love with a girl who strengthens
Editor: his intentions to return to normal. A few of
Vijay Kumar his friends also join the journey. They want
Writer(s): money to lead a decent life and plan to rob
Raby Machinekad a bank. Meanwhile, Ganesh marries the girl.
DOP: While returning, they encounter law en-
Raavanan forcement accidentally which leads them
Sound: to flee. All his friends, while protecting the
Prajotha Dsa newlyweds, lose their lives. Will Ganesh sur-
Music: render or fight back?
Prajotha Dsa
Cast: vÀ£Àß §AqÁAiÀÄ ¸ÀégÀÆ¥À ¢AzÀ ºÉÃUÁzÀgÀÆ ªÀiÁr
Vikramadithya Naro- «ªÀÄÄPÀÛ£ÁUÀ¨ÉÃPÉ£ÀÄߪÀ UÀuÉñÀ vÁ£ÀÄ EµÀÖ ¥ÀlÖ ºÀÄqÀÄVAiÉÆA¢UÉ
di, Shivani, Maanikya PÁqÀÄ vÉÆgÉzÀÄ zÀÆgÀzÀÆjUÉ ºÉÆÃUÀ¨ÉãÀÄߪÀ bÀ®zÉÆA¢UÉ
Gn, Gurage Ramu, ºÉÆgÀqÀÄvÁÛ£É. CzsÀðzÀ°è vÀªÀÄäªÀjUÉ «µÀAiÀÄ w½zÀÄ CªÀgÀÄ
Bharath, Vinod £ÀªÀÄä£ÀÄß »A¨Á°¹PÉÆAqÀÄ §gÀÄwzÀÝgÉAzÀÄ w½zÀ UÀuÉñÀ C¤-
Kumar, Siddarama, jQëvÀªÁV zÁjAiÀÄ£ÀÄß §zÀ¯Á¬Ä¸ÀÄvÁÛ£É. zÀÆgÀzÀ eÁUÀPÉÌ vÀ®Ä¥ÀŪÀ
Lohit Kulkarni, ¸À¤ßªÉñÀ«gÀĪÀÅzÀjAzÀ vÀ£Àß ¸ÉßûvÀ£À §½ ºÀt ¥ÀqÉzÀÄ £ÀAvÀgÀzÀ°è
Praveen Balagoudar, HgÀÄ ©qÀĪÀ ¤zsÁðgÀPÉÌ §gÀÄvÁÛ£É. ¸ÉßûvÀ ºÀt E®è JAzÀÄ
Praveen Kumar ºÉýzÁUÀ C¤jÃQëvÀªÁV ¨ÁåAPï gÁ§j ªÀiÁqÀĪÀ ¸ÀAPÀµÀÖPÉÌ
Jappinamogaru, ¹®ÄPÀÄvÁÛ£É. ºÉÃUÉÆà CzÀgÀ®Æè dAiÀıÁ°AiÀiÁV HgÀÄ ©qÀĪÀ
Meghraj wêÀiÁð£À ªÀiÁqÀĪÁUÀ, UÀuÉñÀ£À UɼÀw ¸Áéw ªÀÄvÉÛAzÀÆ £ÁªÀÅ
F HjUÉ §gÀĪÀÅ¢®è £Á«¯Éè ªÀiÁzÀÄªÉ DUÉÆÃt JAzÀÄ ºÉý
zÉêÀ¸ÁÜ£ÀPÉÌ §AzÀÄ ªÀÄzÀĪÉAiÀiÁUÀÄvÁÛgÉ. zÉêÀ¸ÁÜ£À¢AzÀ »Aw-
gÀÄUÀĪÁUÀ ¥ÉÇðøÀgÀ PÉÊUÉ ¹Q̩üÀÄvÁÛgÉ. ¥ÉǰøÀjAzÀ UÀuÉñÀ
vÀ¦à¹PÉÆAqÀ£ÉÃ? UÀuÉñÀ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ CªÀ£À ¸ÀAUÀrUÀjUÉ K£Á¬ÄvÀÄ?
¸Áéw §zÀÄQzÀ¼É?

Raby Machinekand

He has Assisted Many Feature Films
In the Kannada Film Industry Before
Taking Up The Project RAKTHA GU-
LABI. He Spent Almost Two Years
Understanding Scripts For Various

Films.
Previously, He Worked For CHAANDALA And
For A Few Short Films. He has been involved in
Scripting BUDDHIVANTHA-2. Later, He Made His
Own Short Film KAAREMBO. His Strength Is Good
Story Telling And Composing The Right Visuals For
His Audience

Kannada Cinema Competition 103

13th Biffes

Rathnan Rathna’s World
Prapancha
gÀvÀß£ï ¥Àæ¥ÀAZÀ
2021 / India /
Kannada / 149 min. Rathnan Prapancha is a Travel Dramedy
about Rathnakara, an average middle
Director: class guy. Unlike his peers who have al-
Rohit Padaki ready settled down and are exploring
Producer: other avenues in their lives, he’s stuck in
Karthik R Gowda, a house with an unwanted companion
Yogi B Raj -- his mother, Saroja. His life is a mess
Editor: because Saroja is no easy woman to live
Deepu S Kumar with. Just when things couldn’t get any
Writer(s): worse, Rathnakara gets a phone call that
Rohit Padaki Sa- turns his life upside down. He learns that
marth M Rao Sharath his real roots lie elsewhere and sets out
Gowda Kshema Bk on a journey with Mayuri, a journalist.
Ajay Kulkarni His journey to the freezing Kashmir, the
DOP: scorching lands of North Karnataka turns
Shreesha Kuduvalli out to be a roller-coaster ride filled with
Sound: shock, laughter and dilemma that will
Ajaneesh Loknath make him re-discover his world.
Music:
Ajaneesh Loknath gÀvÁß£ï ¥Àæ¥ÀAZÀªÀÅ mÁæªÉ¯ï, ºÁ¸Àå- £ÁlPÀ avÀæªÁVzÀÄÝ.
Cast: EzÀÄ vÀ£Àß E¥ÀàvÀÛgÀ ºÀgÉAiÀÄzÀ ¸ÀgÁ¸Àj ªÀÄzsÀåªÀÄ ªÀUÀðzÀ ªÀåQÛ
Dhananjaya, gÀvÁßPÀgÀ£À PÀxÉAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ºÉüÀÄvÀÛzÉ. FUÁUÀ¯Éà £É¯É¹gÀĪÀ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ
Umashree, Reba CªÀgÀ fêÀ£ÀzÀ°è EvÀgÀ ªÀiÁUÀðUÀ¼À£ÀÄß C£Ééö¸ÀÄwÛgÀĪÀ vÀ£Àß
Monica John, UɼÉAiÀÄgÀAvÀ®èzÉ, CªÀ£ÀÄ C£ÀUÀvÀå MqÀ£Ál«gÀĪÀ ªÀÄ£ÉAiÀÄ°è
Shruthi, Anu ¹®ÄQPÉÆArzÁÝ£É; CªÀ£À vÁ¬Ä ¸ÀgÉÆÃeÁ.
Prabhakar, Pramod ¸ÀgÉÆÃeÁ §zÀÄPÀ®Ä ¸ÀÄ®¨sÀzÀ ªÀÄ»¼ÉAiÀÄ®èzÀ PÁgÀt CªÀgÀ
Panju, Achyuth Rao, fêÀ£ÀªÀÅ CªÀåªÀ¸ÉÜAiÀiÁVzÉ.
Biradar EAvÀºÀ ¸À¤ßªÉñÀUÀ¼ÀÄ ªÀÄÄAzÀĪÀgÉAiÀÄĪÁUÀ »ÃUÉ MAzÀÄ ¢£À
gÀvÁßPÀgÀ¤UÉ ¥sÉÇãï PÀgÉ §gÀÄvÀÛzÉ CzÀÄ CªÀ£À fêÀ£ÀªÀ£ÀÄß
vÀ¯ÉPɼÀUÁV ªÀiÁqÀÄvÀÛzÉ. gÀvÁßPÀgÀ£ÀÄ vÀ£Àß £ÉÊd ¨ÉÃgÀÄUÀ¼ÀÄ
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WÀ¤ÃPÀj¸ÀĪÀ PÁ²äÃgÀ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ GvÀÛgÀ PÀ£ÁðlPÀzÀ ¸ÀÄqÀĪÀ
¨sÀÆ«ÄUÉ CªÀgÀ ¥ÀæAiÀiÁtªÀÅ gÉÆîgï-PÉÆøÀÖgï ¸ÀªÁjAiÀiÁVzÀÄÝ
CzÀÄ DWÁvÀ, £ÀUÀÄ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ¸ÀA¢UÀÞvɬÄAzÀ vÀÄA©zÉ, CzÀÄ
gÀvÁßPÀgÀ£ï ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ªÀÄAiÀÄÆj E§âgÀ£ÀÆß vÀªÀÄä ¥Àæ¥ÀAZÀªÀ£ÀÄß
ªÀÄgÀıÉÆâü¸ÀĪÀAvÉ ªÀiÁqÀÄvÀÛzÉ.

Rohit Padaki

Rohit Padaki Is A Writer, Director,
Lyricist And Actor. He Began His
Stint With Storytelling In Kannada
Theater And Moved On To Televi-
sion. After Having Dabbled With

All The Top Fiction and Non-Fiction Shows In The
Kannada, He Made His Debut In Filmmaking With
AATAGARA As A Writer. His Directorial Debut Was
ASHTRALLE JUST MISSOO, Followed By The Crit-
ically Acclaimed DAYAVITTU GAMANISI. His Latest
Work, RATHNAN PRAPANCHA Which Released In
The OTT Space, Has Been Widely Accepted Both By
The Critics And The Audience Alike.

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Rugna Rugna

2021 / India / gÀÄUÀÚ
Kannada / 91 min.

Director: Anila, a striving artist with a dark past
Sunil Bharadwaj desperately needs a transformation.
Producer: SARAYU, a charming writer from an-
Amrutha Film Center other city helps ANILA transform.
Editor: When they decide to meet, the story
Sunil Bharadwaj unearths the past of a new person.
Writer(s): Rugna is a Psychological Crime Thriller
Suhas K Rao
DOP: C¤¯ï vÀ£Àß fêÀ£ÀzÀ°è ¸ÁPÀµÀÄÖ PÀµÀÖ £ÀµÀÖUÀ¼À£ÀÄß C£ÀĨsÀ«¹
Sanjay L Channappa §zÀ¯ÁªÀuÉUÁV ¥ÀjvÀ¦¸ÀÄwÛgÀĪÀ M§â PÀ¯Á«zÀ.
Sound: PÀqÀ® wÃgÀzÀ M§â ¸ÀÄAzÀgÀ §gÀºÀUÁwð ¸ÀgÀAiÀÄÄ, C¤¯ï £À
Sharath Raysad, §zÀ¯ÁªÀuÉUÉ ¸ÀºÁAiÀÄ ªÀiÁqÀ®Ä §AzÁUÀ, DPÉUÉ DvÀ£À »A¢£À
Nachiket fêÀ£ÀzÀ §UÉÎ CjªÁV, CzÀgÀ ¥ÀjuÁªÀÄ¢AzÀ M§â ºÉƸÀ
Music: ªÀåQÛAiÀÄ£Àß ¨sÉÃnAiÀiÁUÀĪÀÅzÀjAzÀ PÀxÉ vÉgÉzÀÄPÉƼÀÄîvÀÛzÉ.
Sharath Raysad,
Nachiket
Cast:
Balrajwadi, Supriya
Sathyanarayan,
Sugreev Gowda,
Uday Achar, Smitha
Kulkarni, Suhas Rao,
Varun

Sunil Bharadwaj

Sunil Bharadwaj Hails From Banga-
lore. He Completed His Graduation
In The Field Of Physical Sciences
And Took Up A Film Making Diplo-
ma Due His Ever Longing Interest

In Animation And Editing. Through The Course, He

was Exposed To Films And Filmmakers Across The
Globe. RUGNA Is His Debut Feature Film In Kanna-
da.

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Savithri Savithri

2021 / India / ¸Á«wæ
Kannada / 108 min.

Director: Savitri is a sci-fi, horror-based movie revolv-
S Dinesh ing around Shanvi, a child. The movie pro-
Producer: vides an eloquent message on the physio-
Prashanth Kumar H C logical importance of family bonding, love,
Editor: and relationships, which is very apt for the
Manu Shedgar current generation and contemporary life-
Writer(s): style. Shanvi hails from a wealthy family;
S Dinesh her father is the CEO of a software company
DOP: and her mother is a housewife. Due to both
Nagarjun
Sound: parents’ tangential lifestyle and goals, they
Hridaya Shiva fail to provide her with love and affection. At
Music: the same time, Shanvi’s close friend Savit-
Hridaya Shiva ri, her school maid, passes away in a tragic
Cast: road accident. Later, some horrifying events
Vijay Raghavendra,
Urvashi Rai, Prakash start to unfold in Shanvi’s house and herself.
Belwadi, Thara, Unearthing the above mystery provides a
Nyla Pramodsanju
Basayya thrilling climax to the movie.

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¸Á«wæAiÀÄÄ PÀÄlÄA§zÀ ¨ÁAzsÀªÀå, ¦æÃw ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ¸ÀA§AzsÀUÀ¼À
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CªÀgÀ vÀAzÉ ¸Á¥sïÖªÉÃgï PÀA¥À¤AiÀÄ ¹EM ªÀÄvÀÄÛ UÀÈ»tÂAiÀÄ
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UɼÀw ¸Á«wæ, CªÀ¼À ±Á¯Á ¸ÉêÀQ zÀÄgÀAvÀ gÀ¸ÉÛ C¥ÀWÁvÀzÀ°è
¤zsÀ£ÀgÁzÀgÀÄ. £ÀAvÀgÀ PÉ®ªÀÅ ¨sÀAiÀiÁ£ÀPÀ WÀl£ÉUÀ¼ÀÄ ±Á¤éAiÀÄ
ªÀÄ£ÉAiÀÄ°è ªÀÄvÀÄÛ CªÀ¼À ªÉÄÃ¯É vÉgÉzÀÄPÉƼÀî®Ä ¥ÁægÀA©ü¸ÀÄvÀÛªÉ,
EzÀÄ ¥ÉæÃPÀëPÀgÀ ¨É£ÀÄߪÀÄƼÉAiÀÄ PɼÀUÉ ZÀ½AiÀÄ£ÀÄß PÀ¼ÀÄ»¸ÀÄvÀÛzÉ.
ªÉÄð£À ¤UÀÆqsÀvÉAiÀÄ£ÀÄß §AiÀÄ°UɼÉAiÀÄĪÀÅzÀÄ avÀæPÉÌ
gÉÆêÀiÁAZÀ£ÀPÁj PÉÊèªÀiÁåPïì C£ÀÄß MzÀV¸ÀÄvÀÛzÉ.

S Dinesh

S Dinesh Is An Indian Film Director,
Screenwriter And Dialogue Writer
Who Predominantly Works In Kan-
nada Films. His Debut Directional
Movie Was UYYALE Which Was Re-

leased In 2011 And Was Critically Acclaime. Dinesh
Has Also Written The Story And Screenplay For This
Movie.

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Popular
Entertain-
ment
Cinema
Competition

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ACT-1978 Act-1978

2020 / India / DPïÖ-1978
Kannada / 127 min.

Director: Geetha, a pregnant widow, goes to
MANSORE a government office to get money
Producer: already sanctioned by the govern-
DEVARAJ R ment. But, the money is kept on the
Editor: back-burner by the officials of the
NAGENDRA K concerned department. Tired of being
UJJANI asked for bribes, Geetha takes a violent
Writer(s): route to get her due. The movie plays
DAYANAND T K, out like a game of chess. What seems
VEERENDRA MAL- to be a normal day of bureaucracy and
LANNA corruption goes awry when she lands
DOP: up with a bomb strapped to her stom-
SATYA HEGDE ach.
Sound:
RONADA BAKKESH, ªÀåªÀ¸ÉܬÄAzÀ vÀ£ÀUÁzÀ C£ÁåAiÀĪÀ£ÀÄß RAr¹ ªÀåªÀ¸ÉÜAiÀÄ
RAHUL SHIVAKUMAR ¯ÉÆÃ¥ÀUÀ¼À£ÀÄß dUÀwÛUÉ w½¸ÀĪÀ eÉÆvÉUÉ vÀ£ÀUÁzÀ ¸ÀªÀĸÉåUÀ½UÉ
Music: £ÁåAiÀÄ ¥ÀqÉzÀÄPÉƼÀî®Ä ºÉÆÃgÁqÀĪÀ UÀ©üðt ªÀÄ»¼ÉAiÉƧâ¼À MAzÀÄ
RONADA BAKKESH, ¢£ÀzÀ PÀxÉ “DPïÖ-1978” PÀxÁ£ÁAiÀÄQ VÃvÁ vÀ£Àß vÀAzɸÀªÀiÁ£À
RAHUL SHIVAKUMAR ªÀAiÀĹì£À M§â ªÀÈzÀÞ ±ÀgÀt¥Àà ªÀiÁ¸ÀÛgï eÉÆvÉ ¸ÉÃj ªÀåªÀ¸ÉÜAiÀÄ «gÀÄzÀÞ
Cast: ºÉÆÃgÁqÀ®Ä ªÀÄÄAzÁzÁUÀ CªÀgÀ ºÉÆÃgÁlPÉÌ DAiÀÄÄÝPÉÆAqÀ
YAJNA SHETTY, ªÀiÁUÀð PÁ£ÀƤUÉ «gÀÄzÀÞªÁVgÀÄvÀÛzÉ. DzÀgÉ CªÀ¼ÀÄ PÉüÀÄwÛgÀĪÀ
PRAMODH SHETTY, B £ÁåAiÀÄ ¸ÀjAiÀiÁVgÀÄvÀÛzÉ. C£ÀÄPÀA¥ÀzÀ zÀȶ֬ÄAzÀ ¸Àj C¤¹zÀgÀÆ,
SURESHA, SHRUTHI, PÁ£ÀÆ£ÀÄ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ªÀåªÀ¸ÉÜ ºÁUÀÄ DqÀ½vÁvÀäPÀ zÀȶ֬ÄAzÀ VÃvÁ
RAGHU SHIVA- DAiÀÄÄÝPÉÆAqÀ ªÀiÁUÀð ¸Àj C®è JA§ÄzÀÄ ¸ÀàµÀÖ. EAxÀ MAzÀÄ zÀéAzÀé
MOGGA, ACHYUTH ªÀÄvÀÄÛ QèµÀÖPÀgÀ ¹ÜwAiÀÄ°è DqÀ½vÁvÀäPÀ ªÀåªÀ¸ÉÜAiÉƼÀVgÀĪÀ C¢üPÁ-
KUMAR, SHOBHRAJ, jUÀ¼ÀÄ ºÁUÀÆ DqÀ½vÀ ªÀåªÀ¸ÉÜAiÉƼÀUÉ fë¸ÀĪÀ ¸ÁªÀiÁ£Àå d£ÀgÀ
AVINASH, KRISHNA C©ü¥ÁæAiÀÄUÀ¼ÀÄ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ d£ÀjAzÀ ZÀÄ£Á¬ÄvÀgÁzÀ d£À¥Àæw¤¢üUÀ¼À
HEBBALE, DATTAN- C©ü¥ÁæAiÀÄUÀ¼À£ÀÄß ¥ÀjUÀt¹ MAzÀÄ ¤zsÁðgÀPÉÌ §gÀ¨ÉÃPÁzÀ ¹Üw
NA, SUDHA BELAVA- ¸ÀPÁðgÀzÁÝVgÀÄvÀÛzÉ. CzÁUÀÆå PÁ£ÀƤVAvÀ AiÀiÁªÀÅzÀÆ zÉÆqÀØzÀ®è
DI, KIRAN KUMAR JA§ÄzÀ£ÀÄß ¥ÀjUÀt¹ ¸ÀPÁðgÀ VÃvÁ¼À ºÉÆÃgÁlzÀ jÃwAiÀÄ£ÀÄß
RAr¹ CªÀ½UÉ £ÁåAiÀÄAiÀÄÄvÀªÁV ºÉÆÃgÁqÀĪÀAvÉ ªÀÄ£ÀªÀjPÉ
ªÀiÁqÀ®Ä AiÀÄw߸ÀÄvÀÛzÉ. DzÀgÉ ¸ÀPÁðgÀzÀ ªÀiÁvÀÄ PÉüÀzÀ VÃvÁ vÀ£Àß
ºÉÆÃgÁlzÀ zÁjAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ¸ÀªÀÄyð¹PÉÆAqÀÄ ªÀÄÄAzÀĪÀj¸ÀÄvÁÛ¼É.
CAwªÀiªÁV VÃvÁ½UÉ ªÀåªÀ¸ÉÜAiÀÄ ªÉÄð£À £ÀA©PÉ ºÁ¼ÀÄ ªÀiÁqÀĪÀ
CxÀªÀ AiÀiÁjUÀÆ ºÁ¤AiÀÄÄAlĪÀiÁqÀĪÀÅzÁUÀ° DVgÀ°®èªÉAzÀÄ
w½¸ÀĪÀ ªÀÄÆ®PÀ CzÀÄ CªÀ½UÁzÀ C£ÁåAiÀÄzÀ ¥ÀjuÁªÀÄzÀ ºÀoÁvï
¥ÀæªÀÈwÛAiÀĵÉÖà DVgÀÄvÀÛzÉ. EzÀÄ MAzÀÄ PÁ®à¤PÀ PÀvÉAiÀiÁVzÉ.

MANSORE

Manjunath S. (Mansore)’s first fea-
ture film HARIVU (2014), won the
62nd national award for the best
regional film and the state award in-
stituted by the government of Kar-

nataka as the best feature film for the year 2014. His
second feature film NAATHICHARAAMI (2018), won

4 national awards in the individual category and

was also the most award-winning film. The film also
bagged 4 Filmfare south awards and the interna-
tional NETPAC award at BIFFES 2019. Both the audi-

ence and critics received both his earlier films well.

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Dia Dia

2020 / India / ¢AiÀiÁ
Kannada / 138 min.

Director: Dia tells the story of a young, introvert-
Ashoka KS ed girl whose routine life brightens up
Producer: when she falls for Rohith, one of her
D Krishna Chaitanya fellow college mates. This romantic
Editor: drama will make you lose yourself in
Naveen Raj the emotional journey of a girl falling
Writer(s): in love.
K S Ashoka
DOP: ¢AiÀiÁ AiÀÄĪÀ, CAvÀªÀÄÄðT ºÀÄqÀÄVAiÀÄ PÀxÉAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ºÉüÀÄvÁÛ¼É,
Vishal Vittal , Sour- DPÉAiÀÄ ¸ÀºÀªÀwð PÁ¯ÉÃdÄ ¸ÀºÀªÀwðUÀ¼À°è M§âgÁzÀ gÉÆûvïUÉ
abh Waghmare ©zÁÝUÀ CªÀgÀ ¢£À¤vÀåzÀ fêÀ£ÀªÀÅ ¥ÀæPÁ±ÀªÀiÁ£ÀªÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ.
Sound: F ¥ÀætAiÀÄ £ÁlPÀªÀÅ ºÀÄqÀÄVAiÉƧâ¼ÀÄ ¦æÃwAiÀÄ°è ©Ã¼ÀĪÀ
B. Ajaneesh Loknath ¨sÁªÀ£ÁvÀäPÀ ¥ÀæAiÀiÁtzÀ°è ¤ªÀÄä£ÀÄß PÀ¼ÉzÀÄPÉƼÀÄîªÀAvÉ ªÀiÁqÀÄvÀÛzÉ.
Music:
B. Ajaneesh Loknath
Cast:
Dheekshith Pruthvee
Ambaar Kushee
Pavithra Lokesh
Arvind Rao Rajesh
Rao Jyothi Rai

Ashoka KS

K S Ashoka is an Engineer (Industrial
production) from SJCE Mysore. He
had a keen interest in Movies and
started his journey assisting vari-
ous movies. He became popular in

the wake of his debut movie 6-5=2 Kannada. It was

the first found footage movie in Kannada. With the
grand success of the film, it was remade in Hindi
and was released in 2014 by a different director. In
Telugu, it was dubbed and released as CHITRAM
KADU NIZAM. His second movie DIA, is critically ac-
claimed and commercially successful.

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Gamjaal Gamjaal

2020 / India / UÀAeÁ¯ï
Tulu / 140 min.

Director: Gamjaal is an anthology film com-
Naveen Shetty, posed of two parts. One focuses on the
Suman Suvarna story of friendship between a lonely
Producer: aged man and a gym instructor. The
RS Cinemas, Shoolin other depicts a father’s struggle and
films, Mugrody relationship with his son when their
Productions, car goes missing.
Editor:
Rahul Vasishta UÀªÀiÁÓ¯ï JgÀqÀÄ ¨sÁUÀUÀ¼À£ÀÄß M¼ÀUÉÆArgÀĪÀ MAzÀÄ ¸ÀAPÀ®£À
Writer(s): ZÀ®£ÀavÀæªÁVzÉ. MAn ªÀAiÀĸÁìzÀ ªÀåQÛ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ fªÀiï
Roopesh Shetty vÀgÀ¨ÉÃvÀÄzÁgÀgÀ £ÀqÀÄ«£À ¸ÉßúÀzÀ PÀxÉAiÀÄ£ÀÄß MAzÀÄ PÉÃA¢æÃPÀ-
DOP: j¹zÀgÉ, E£ÉÆßAzÀÄ vÀAzÉAiÀÄ ºÉÆÃgÁl ªÀÄvÀÄÛ CªÀgÀ PÁgÀÄ
Niranjan Das PÁuÉAiÀiÁzÁUÀ CªÀ£À ªÀÄUÀ£ÉÆA¢V£À CªÀ£À ¸ÀA§AzsÀªÀ£ÀÄß
Sound: awæ¸ÀÄvÀÛzÉ.
Darrel Mascarenhas,
Joel Rebello
Music:
Darrel Mascarenhas,
Joel Rebello
Cast:
Roopesh Shetty, Ka-
rishma Amin, Naveen
D Padil, Bhojaraj
Vamanjoor, Aravind
Bolar, Sandeep Shet-
ty, Prasanna Shetty,
Umesh Mijar

Naveen Shetty,
Suman Suvarna

Suman Suvarna and Naveen Shetty
are well-known directors in the Tulu
film industry.

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Cinema Competition

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Gentleman Gentleman

2020 / India / eÉAl¯ï ªÀiÁå£ï
Kannada / 144 min.

Director: GENTLEMAN revolves around the
Jadesh Kumar Hampi character Bharath suffering from a
Producer: rare disorder called Beauty of sleeping
Guru Deshpande syndrome. Because of this, he tends to
Editor: sleep 18 hours a day and will be awake
Venkatesh UDV only 5 to 6 hours. The story deals with
Writer(s): the protagonist’s daily routine which
Jadesh Kumar is not as simple as others. Meanwhile,
Hampi, Santosh SK the hero loses his family in an accident
Maasthi Upparahalli and lives with his brother’s five-year-
DOP: old daughter. Although he tries to re-
Murali Mohan Kasth- build the life with the kid, it fails when
ala, Aroor Sudhakar the kid gets kidnapped and he starts
Shetty lookinhg for her, which takes the story
Sound: to the next level leading to a mafia.
B. Ajaneesh Loknath
Music: §Æån D¥sï ¹èæAUï ¹AqÉÆæêÀiï JA§ C¥ÀgÀÆ¥ÀzÀ
B. Ajaneesh Loknath PÁ¬Ä¯É¬ÄAzÀ §¼À®ÄwÛgÀĪÀ ¨sÀgÀvï ¥ÁvÀæzÀ ¸ÀÄvÀÛ “eÉAl¯ïªÀÄ£ï”
Cast: avÀæ ¸ÀÄvÀÄÛvÀÛzÉ. F PÁgÀt¢AzÁV, CªÀgÀÄ ¢£ÀPÉÌ 18 UÀAmÉUÀ¼À
Prajwal Devraj, Nish- PÁ® ¤¢æ¸ÀÄvÁÛgÉ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ PÉêÀ® 5 jAzÀ 6 UÀAmÉUÀ¼ÀªÀgÉUÉ
vika Naidu, Sanchari JZÀÑgÀªÁVgÀÄvÁÛgÉ. E PÀxÉAiÀÄÄ zÉÊ£ÀA¢£À ¢£ÀZÀjAiÉÆA¢UÉ
Vijay ªÀåªÀºÀj¸ÀÄvÀÛzÉ, EvÀgÀgÀAvÉ ¸ÀgÀ¼ÀªÁV®è¢zÀÝgÀÆ £ÁAiÀÄPÀ£À
fêÀ£ÀªÀ£ÀÄß ºÉÆA¢zÉ. KvÀ£ÀäzsÉå, £ÁAiÀÄPÀ£ÀÄ C¥ÀWÁvÀzÀ°è vÀ£Àß
PÀÄlÄA§ªÀ£ÀÄß PÀ¼ÉzÀÄPÉƼÀÄîvÁÛ£É ªÀÄvÀÄÛ CªÀ£À ¸ÀºÉÆÃzÀgÀ£À
LzÀÄ ªÀµÀðzÀ ªÀÄUÀ¼ÉÆA¢UÉ °Ã. CªÀ£ÀÄ ªÀÄUÀÄ«£ÉÆA¢UÉ
fêÀ£ÀªÀ£ÀÄß ¥ÀÅ£À¤ð«Äð¸À®Ä ¥ÀæAiÀÄwß¹zÀgÀÆ, ªÀÄUÀÄ C¥ÀºÀ-
j¸À®àlÖAvÉ CzÀÄ «¥sÀ®UÉƼÀÄîvÀÛzÉ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ CªÀ£ÀÄ CªÀ¼À£ÀÄß
ºÀÄqÀÄPÀ®Ä ¥ÁægÀA©ü¸ÀÄvÁÛ£É CzÀÄ PÀxÉAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ªÀÄÄA¢£À ºÀAvÀPÉÌ
PÉÆAqÉÆAiÀÄÄåvÀÛzÉ ªÀiÁ¦üAiÀiÁPÉÌ PÁgÀtªÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ.

Jadesh Kumar Hampi

Jadesh Kumar Hampi is an Indian
film director who has worked pre-
dominantly in the Kannada movie
industry. Jadesh Kumar has worked
in popular movies like GURUSHISH-

YARU, GENTLEMAN. His next film to hit the theatres
is GURUSHISHYARU in 2022.

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Love Mocktail Love Mocktail

2020 / India / ®ªï ªÀiÁPï mÉʯï
Kannada / 147 min.

Director: Love Mocktail is a romantic and fun
Darling Krishna film about protagonist Aadi’s quest
Producer: for love. Life takes him through a roller
Darling Krishna, coaster ride. He goes through varied
Milana Nagaraj experiences throughout his search
Editor: for true love. Does Aadi finally find his
Sri Crazy mindz soulmate?
Writer(s):
Darling Krishna ®ªï ªÀiÁPïmÉÃ¯ï £ÁAiÀÄPÀ D¢AiÀÄ ¦æÃwAiÀÄ C£ÉéõÀuÉAiÀÄ PÀÄjvÁzÀ
DOP: gÉÆêÀiÁåAnPï ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ªÉÆÃf£À avÀæªÁVzÉ. fêÀ£ÀªÀÅ CªÀ£À£ÀÄß
Sri Crazy mindz gÉÆîgï PÉÆøÀÖgï ¸ÀªÁjAiÀÄ ªÀÄÆ®PÀ PÀgÉzÉÆAiÀÄÄåvÀÛzÉ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ
Sound: ¤dªÁzÀ ¦æÃwUÁV CªÀ£À ºÀÄqÀÄPÁlzÀ GzÀÝPÀÆÌ ºÀ®ªÁgÀÄ
Pradeep G. ºÀAvÀUÀ¼À°è «©ü£Àß C£ÀĨsÀªÀzÀ ªÀÄÆ®PÀ ºÉÆÃUÀÄvÀÛzÉ. D¢
Music: PÉÆ£ÉUÀÆ vÀ£Àß DvÀä ¸ÀAUÁwAiÀÄ£ÀÄß PÀAqÀÄPÉƼÀÄîvÁÛ£Á?
Raghu Dixit
Cast:
Darling Krishna, Mila-
na Nagaraj, Amrutha
Iyengar

Darling Krishna

Krishna is an actor who primarily
acts in Kannada films. He started
his career as an assistant director for
Duniya Soori for JACKIE and later in
HUDUGARU. He acted in the Kanna-

da serial KRISHNA RUKMINI, playing Krishna’s lead
role. The serial was so popular that people started
calling by his onscreen name Krishna, which even-
tually became his official screen name. Krishna’s
breakthrough as an actor came with the superhit
film MADARANGI. He hails from Mysore, holds an
MBA and is the son of Nagappa, a retired Police of-
ficer.

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Popcorn Monkey Popcorn Monkey Tiger
Tiger
¥Á¥ÁÌ£ïð ªÀÄAQ mÉÊUÀgï
2020 / India /
Kannada / 133 min.

Director: The plot unfolds in a Reverse chrono-
Duniya Soori
Producer: logical fashion. The plot’s focus is the
Sudhir K. M life of Seena and the evolution of his
Editor:
Deepu S. Kumar character due to external forces that
Writer(s): sway him in several directions. Wom-
Duniya Soori, Amri- en/lovers involved in Seena’s life con-
tha K Bhargav tribute to these forces that trigger the
DOP: Metamorphosis of his character. He
Shekar S goes from being a garage mechanic
Sound: to a prominent leader in the under-
Charan Raj
Music: world mafia.
Charan Raj Popcorn -- Devi, one of the lovers, has
Cast:
Dhananjay, Nive- a profound impact on Seena’s life. The
dhitha backstory of how she got involved
with the underworld unfolds parallelly

alongside Seena’s story.

PÀxÁªÀ¸ÀÄÛªÀÅ »ªÀÄÄäR PÁ¯Á£ÀÄPÀæªÀÄzÀ°è vÉgÉzÀÄPÉƼÀÄîvÀÛzÉ. PÀx-
ÁªÀ¸ÀÄÛ«£À PÉÃAzÀæ©AzÀĪÉAzÀgÉ ¹Ã£À£À fêÀ£À ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ¨ÁºÀå
±ÀQÛUÀ½AzÁV CªÀ£À ¥ÁvÀæzÀ «PÁ¸ÀªÀÅ CªÀ£À£ÀÄß ºÀ®ªÁgÀÄ
¢PÀÄÌUÀ¼À°è wgÀÄV¸ÀÄvÀÛzÉ. ¹Ã£À£À fêÀ£ÀzÀ°è vÉÆqÀV¹PÉÆArgÀĪÀ
ªÀÄ»¼ÉAiÀÄgÀÄ/¥ÉæëÄUÀ¼ÀÄ CªÀ£À ¥ÁvÀæzÀ gÀÆ¥ÁAvÀgÀªÀ£ÀÄß
¥ÀæZÉÆâ¸ÀĪÀ F ±ÀQÛUÀ½UÉ PÉÆqÀÄUÉ ¤ÃqÀÄvÁÛgÉ. CªÀ£ÀÄ
UÁågÉÃeï ªÉÄPÁå¤Pï¤AzÀ CAqÀgïªÀ¯ïØð ªÀiÁ¦üAiÀiÁzÀ°è ¥ÀæªÀÄÄR
£ÁAiÀÄPÀ£ÁUÀÄvÁÛ£É.
¥Á¥ïPÁ£ïð- zÉë, ¥ÉæëÄUÀ¼À°è M§â¼ÀÄ, ¹Ã£Á¼À fêÀ£ÀzÀ ªÉÄïÉ
D¼ÀªÁzÀ ¥Àæ¨sÁªÀ ©ÃgÀÄvÁÛ¼É. CªÀ¼ÀÄ ¨sÀÆUÀvÀ dUÀwÛ£ÉÆA¢UÉ
ºÉÃUÉ vÉÆqÀV¹PÉÆAqÀ¼ÀÄ JA§ »A¢£À PÀxÉAiÀÄÄ ¹Ã£Á¼À PÀx-
ÉAiÉÆA¢UÉ ¸ÀªÀiÁ£ÁAvÀgÀªÁV vÉgÉzÀÄPÉƼÀÄîvÀÛzÉ.

Duniya Soori

Duniya Soori, also known as Soori or
Suri, is an Indian movie director. He
became known as Duniya Soori in
the wake of the success of his debut
movie DUNIYA, for which he won

the 2006-2007 Karnataka State Film Awards in the
Best Screenplay category; this film brought a differ-
ent dimension to Kannada movies.
His second film INTHI NINNA PREETHIYA, though

critically acclaimed, performed poorly at the box
office. At the same time, his next project JUNGLEE
was a greater critical and commercial success.

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Shivaji Shivaji Surathkal
Surathkal
²ªÁf ¸ÀÄgÀvÀ̯ï
2020 / India /
Kannada / 125 min. Detective Shivaji Surathkal is entrust-
ed with unravelling the many myster-
Director: ies in Ranagiri and the secrets that sur-
Akash Srivatsa round them. To make matters worse,
Producer: he has to do all this while already deal-
Anup Gowda, Rekha ing with severe internal conflicts.
KN
Editor: ¥ÀvÉÛÃzÁgÀ ²ªÁf ¸ÀÄgÀvÀ̯ïUÉ gÀtVjAiÀÄ°è£À C£ÉÃPÀ
Srikanth, Akash gÀºÀ¸ÀåUÀ¼ÀÄ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ CªÀÅUÀ¼À£ÀÄß ¸ÀÄvÀÄÛªÀgÉ¢gÀĪÀ gÀºÀ¸ÀåUÀ¼À£ÀÄß
Srivatsa ©aÑqÀĪÀ dªÁ¨ÁÝjAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ªÀ»¸À¯ÁVzÉ. «µÀAiÀÄUÀ¼À£ÀÄß
Writer(s): E£ÀßµÀÄÖ ºÀzÀUÉr¸À®Ä, CªÀgÀÄ FUÁUÀ¯Éà wêÀæªÁzÀ DAvÀjPÀ
Akash Srivatsa, WÀµÀðuÉUÀ¼ÉÆA¢UÉ ªÀåªÀºÀj¸ÀĪÁUÀ EzÉ®èªÀ£ÀÆß ªÀiÁqÀ¨ÉÃPÀÄ.
Abhijith YR
DOP:
Guruprasad MG
Sound:
Judah Sandhy
Music:
Judah Sandhy
Cast:
Ramesh Aravind,
Radhika Narayan

Akash Srivatsa

Akash Srivatsa is an Indian film Di-
rector, Lyricist who has worked
predominantly in the Kannada mov-
ie industry. He has worked in popu-
lar movies like PENTAGON, SHIVAJI
SURATHKAL 2.

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Sri Bharatha Sri Bharatha Baahubali
Baahubali
²æà ¨sÁgÀvÀ ¨ÁºÀħ°
2020 / India /
Kannada / 164 min. Bharatha and Baahubali lead a hap-
py-go-lucky existence in a small town.
Director: Fate ensures their encounte with Sri,
Manju Mandavya an NRI girl in India on a mission. What
Producer: follows is a series of adventures and
Aishvarya Film misadventures in pursuing Sri’s goal.
Productions
Editor: ¨sÀgÀvÀ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ¨ÁºÀħ° MAzÀÄ ¸ÀtÚ ¥ÀlÖtzÀ°è ¸ÀAvÉÆõÀzÀ-
K.M. Prakash CzÀȵÀÖzÀ C¹ÛvÀéªÀ£ÀÄß ªÀÄÄ£ÀßqɸÀÄvÁÛgÉ. «¢üAiÀÄÄ CªÀgÀ£ÀÄß
Writer(s): «ÄµÀ£ï£À°è ¨sÁgÀvÀzÀ J£ïDgïL ºÀÄqÀÄVAiÀiÁzÀ ²æÃAiÀÄ£ÀÄß
Manju Mandavya ¨sÉÃnAiÀiÁUÀĪÀAvÉ ªÀiÁqÀÄvÀÛzÉ. ªÀÄÄA¢£ÀzÀÄ ²æà CªÀgÀ UÀÄjAiÀÄ£ÀÄß
DOP: C£ÀĸÀj¸ÀĪÀ°è ¸ÁºÀ¸ÀUÀ¼ÀÄ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ zÀĸÁìºÀ¸ÀUÀ¼À ¸ÀgÀtÂAiÀiÁVzÉ.
Parvaez K.
Sound:
Manju Mandavya
Music:
Manikanth
Kadri
Cast:
Chikkanna,Achyuth
Kumar,Manju
Mandavya

Manju Mandavya

Manju Mandavya is an Indian film
Director, Lyricist who has worked
predominantly in the Kannada
movie industry. He has worked in
popular movies like SRI BHARATHA

BAAHUBALI, MASTERPIECE.

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Badava Badava Rascal
Rascal
§qÀªÀ gÁå¸À̯ï
2021 / India /
Kannada / 133 min.

Director: The film’s plot is centered around a
Guru Shankar middle-class man who gets abducted
Producer: by a gang and forces them to rethink
Dhananjay, Gujjal their decisions by narrating his life sto-
Purushottam ry which consists of friendship, love,
Editor: breakup, family sentiments and life
Niranjan Devaramane lessons.
Writer(s):
Guru Shankar UÁåAUï¤AzÀ C¥ÀºÀgÀtPÉÆ̼ÀUÁzÀ ªÀÄzsÀåªÀÄ ªÀUÀðzÀ ªÀåQÛAiÀÄ
DOP: ¸ÀÄvÀÛ PÉÃA¢æÃPÀÈvÀªÁVzÉ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ¸ÉßúÀ, ¦æÃw, «WÀl£É, PËlÄA©PÀ
Preetha Jayaraman ¨sÁªÀ£ÉUÀ¼ÀÄ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ fêÀ£À ¥ÁoÀUÀ¼À£ÀÄß M¼ÀUÉÆArgÀĪÀ CªÀ£À
Sound: fêÀ£À PÀxÉAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ¤gÀƦ¸ÀĪÀ ªÀÄÆ®PÀ CªÀgÀ ¤zsÁðgÀUÀ¼À£ÀÄß
Vasuki Vaibhav ªÀÄgÀÄ¥Àj²Ã°¸ÀĪÀAvÉ MvÁ۬ĸÀÄvÀÛzÉ.
Music:
Vasuki Vaibhav
Cast:
Dhananjaya, Thara

Guru Shankar

Guru Shankar’s debut film is BADA-
VA RASCAL.

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Bhajarangi 2 Bhajarangi 2

2021 / India / ¨sÀdgÀAV-2
Kannada / 155 min.

Director: Araka, a cruel drug baron, kidnaps in-
A. Harsha nocent villagers and forces them to
Producer: work for him. But when Bhajarangi, a
Jayanna Bogendra forest officer, learns about this, he de-
Editor: cides to come to the villagers’ rescue.
Deepu S. Kumar
Writer(s): CgÁPÁ, PÀÆægÀ qÀæUï ¨ÁågÀ£ï, ªÀÄÄUÀÞ ºÀ½îUÀgÀ£ÀÄß C¥ÀºÀj¹
A. Harsha vÀ£ÀUÁV PÉ®¸À ªÀiÁqÀĪÀAvÉ MvÁ۬ĸÀÄvÁÛ£É. DzÀgÉ, F §UÉÎ
DOP: CgÀuÁå¢üPÁj ¨sÀdgÀAV CªÀjUÉ w½zÁUÀ, CªÀgÀÄ UÁæªÀĸÀÜgÀ
Swamy. J gÀPÀëuÉUÉ §gÀ®Ä ¤zsÀðj¹zÀgÀÄ.
Sound:
Arjun Janya
Music:
Arjun Janya
Cast:
Shivarajkumar,
Bhavana, Shruti

A. Harsha

Harsha A is an Indian film Director/
Actor, who has worked predomi-
nantly in Kannada movie industry.
Harsha has worked in popular mov-
ies like VEDHA, BHAJARANGI 2.

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Garuda Gamana Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana

Vrishabha Vahana

UÀgÀÄqÀ UÀªÀÄ£À ªÀȵÀ¨sÀ ªÁºÀ£À

2021 / India / Set in the backdrop of the coastal and
cultural city of modern-day Mangalu-
Kannada / 151 min. ru, Hari and his soulmate Shiva rise
together to great heights only to face
Director: off as bitter enemies, resulting in their
Raj B. Shetty downfall and destruction.
Producer:
Lighter Buddha DzsÀĤPÀ-¢£ÀzÀ ªÀÄAUÀ¼ÀÆj£À PÀgÁªÀ½ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ¸ÁA¸ÀÌøwPÀ
Productions £ÀUÀgÀªÁzÀ ªÀÄAUÀ¼ÀÆj£À »£É߯ÉAiÀÄ°è, ºÀj ªÀÄvÀÄÛ CªÀ£À DvÀä
Editor: ¸ÀAUÁwAiÀiÁzÀ ²ªÀ MnÖUÉ zÉÆqÀØ JvÀÛgÀPÉÌ KgÀÄvÁÛgÉ, PÀlÄ
Praveen Shriyan ±ÀvÀÄæUÀ¼À£ÀÄß JzÀÄj¸À®Ä ªÀiÁvÀæ CªÀgÀ CªÀ£Àw ªÀÄvÀÄÛ «£Á±ÀPÉÌ
Writer(s): PÁgÀtªÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ.
Raj B. Shetty
DOP:
Praveen Shriyan
Sound:
Hari Haran, Sachin
Sudhakaran
Music:
Midhun Mukundan
Cast:
Raj B. Shetty, Rishab
Shetty

Raj B. Shetty

Raj B Shetty is a film actor, screen-
writer, and director in Kannada cin-
ema. He made his directional debut
through the critically acclaimed
movie ONDU MOTTEYA KATHE. He
started his career under actor and film director Up-
endra as a writer and an assistant director.

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Kotigobba 3 Kotigobba 3

2021 / India / PÉÆÃnUÉƧâ 3
Kannada / 140 min.

Director: Satya goes to Poland to treat a girl
Shiva Karthik from his ashram who encounters a
Producer: rare ailment. In-flight, he meets the
Soorappa Babu heroine, which turns into love like in all
Editor: films. In Poland, a bomb explodes and
Goran Ivanovic expensive jewellery is stolen simulta-
Writer(s): neously.
Sudeep, Shiva Who is behind all these robberies, and
Karthik why are Interpol chasing Satya. Who is
DOP: Ghost? What is ACP Kishore’s role in
Shekhar Chandru this story?
Sound:
Arjun Janya ¸ÀvÀå vÀ£Àß D±ÀæªÀÄzÀ ºÀÄqÀÄVUÉ C¥ÀgÀÆ¥ÀzÀ PÁ¬Ä¯ÉAiÀÄ£ÀÄß
Music: JzÀÄj¸À®Ä ¥ÉÇïÉAqïUÉ ºÉÆÃUÀÄvÁÛ£É. «ªÀiÁ£ÀzÀ°è, CªÀ£ÀÄ
Arjun Janya £ÁAiÀÄQAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ¨sÉÃnAiÀiÁUÀÄvÁÛ£É, CzÀÄ J¯Áè avÀæUÀ¼À°ègÀĪÀAvÉ
Cast: ¦æÃwAiÀiÁV §zÀ¯ÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ. ¥ÉÇïÉAqï£À°è ¨ÁA¨ï ¸ÉÆáÃl ªÀÄvÀÄÛ
Sudeep, Madonna ¨É¯É¨Á¼ÀĪÀ D¨sÀgÀtUÀ¼À PÀ¼ÀîvÀ£À KPÀPÁ®zÀ°è £ÀqÉ¢zÉ.
Sebastian F J¯Áè zÀgÉÆÃqÉUÀ¼À »AzÉ AiÀiÁjzÁÝgÉ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ EAlgï¥ÉÇïï
¸ÀvÀåªÀ£ÀÄß KPÉ ¨É£ÀßlÄÖwÛzÁÝgÉ. WÉÆøïÖ AiÀiÁgÀÄ? F PÀxÉAiÀÄ°è
J¹¦ Q±ÉÆÃgï ¥ÁvÀæªÉãÀÄ?

Shiva Karthik

Shiva Karthik is an Indian film Direc-
tor who has worked predominantly
in the Kannada movie industry. Shi-
va has worked in popular movies like
K3 KOTIKOKKADU, KOTIGOBBA 3.

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Pogaru Pogaru

2021 / India / ¥ÉÇUÀgÀÄ
Kannada / 160 min.

Director: POGARU is a battlefield of emotions.
Nanda Kishore The story is told by protagonist, Shiva,
Producer: a local youth whose bitter childhood
B. K. Gangadhar
Editor: makes him ‘notorious’. Shiva longs for
Mahesh S his deceased father and his only weak-
Writer(s): ness is his mother. He goes all out to
Arunbalaji get her attention and love, but all his
DOP:
Vijay Milton attempts backfire.
Sound: However, an incident takes place be-
Chandan Shetty, V. tween him and his sister (Mayuri),
Harikrishna which becomes the turning point in
Music: his life, and there is a drastic change
Chandan Shetty, V. in his behaviour. How Shiva becomes a
Harikrishna leader to the people living in his neigh-
Cast: bourhood, and how it affects them
Dhruva Sarja, Rash- forms the rest of the story.
mika Mandanna

¥ÉÇUÀgÀÄ ¨sÁªÀ£ÉUÀ¼À gÀtgÀAUÀ. F PÀxÉAiÀÄ£ÀÄß £ÁAiÀÄPÀ ²ªÀ
ºÉüÀÄvÁÛ£É, CªÀ£À PÀ» ¨Á®åªÀÅ CªÀ£À£ÀÄß ‘PÀÄSÁåvÀ’£À£ÁßV
ªÀiÁqÀÄvÀÛzÉ. ²ªÀ vÀ£Àß ªÀÄÈvÀ vÀAzÉUÁV ºÀA§°¸ÀÄvÁÛ£É ªÀÄvÀÄÛ
CªÀ£À KPÉÊPÀ z˧ð®å CªÀ£À vÁ¬Ä. CªÀ£ÀÄ CªÀ¼À UÀªÀÄ£À ªÀÄvÀÄÛ
¦æÃwAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ¥ÀqÉAiÀÄ®Ä J®èªÀ£ÀÄß ºÉÆÃUÀÄvÁÛ£É, DzÀgÉ CªÀ£À J¯Áè
¥ÀæAiÀÄvÀßUÀ¼ÀÄ »ªÀÄÄäRªÁUÀÄvÀÛªÉ.
DzÁUÀÆå, CªÀ£À ªÀÄvÀÄÛ CªÀ£À ¸ÀºÉÆÃzÀj (ªÀÄAiÀÄÆj) £ÀqÀĪÉ
MAzÀÄ WÀl£É £ÀqÉAiÀÄÄvÀÛzÉ, CzÀÄ CªÀ£À fêÀ£ÀzÀ°è ªÀĺÀvÀézÀ
wgÀĪÀÅ DUÀÄvÀÛzÉ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ CªÀ£À £ÀqÀªÀ½PÉAiÀÄ°è wêÀæ §zÀ¯ÁªÀuÉ
PÀAqÀħgÀÄvÀÛzÉ. ²ªÀ£ÀÄ vÀ£Àß £ÉgɺÉÆgÉAiÀÄ°è ªÁ¹¸ÀĪÀ d£À-
jUÉ ºÉÃUÉ £ÁAiÀÄPÀ£ÁUÀÄvÁÛ£É ªÀÄvÀÄÛ CzÀÄ CªÀgÀ ªÉÄÃ¯É ºÉÃUÉ
¥ÀjuÁªÀÄ ©ÃgÀÄvÀÛzÉ JA§ÄzÀÄ PÀxÉAiÀÄ G½zÀ ¨sÁUÀªÁVzÉ.

Nanda Kishore

Nanda Kishore is an Indian Kan-

nada film actor and director. He is
known for directing films like VIC-
TORY (2013) and ADYAKSHA (2014),
remake of the Tamil film VARUTHA-

PADATHA VALIBAR SANGAM. He is the son of Kan-

nada film actor Sudhir, and Malati.

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Roberrt Roberrt

2021 / India / gÁ§mïð
Kannada / 166 min.

Director: Raghava lives in Lucknow with his son
Tharun Sudhir Arjun and is the head cook in a Brah-
Producer: min’s catering unit. He leads a peace-
Umapathy Srinivasa ful existence, wanting the best for his
Gowda son. All seems to go well until some
Editor: skeletons from his past come tum-
K M Prakash bling out of his closet, and he is forced
Writer(s): to take on his original avatar.
Tarun Sudhir
DOP: gÁWÀªÀ CªÀgÀÄ vÀªÀÄä ªÀÄUÀ CdÄð£ï£ÉÆA¢UÉ ®PÉÆßÃzÀ°è
Sudhakar S Raj ªÁ¹¸ÀÄwÛzÁÝgÉ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ¨ÁæºÀätgÀ CqÀÄUÉ WÀlPÀzÀ°è ªÀÄÄRå
Sound: CqÀÄUÉAiÀĪÀgÁVzÁÝgÉ. CªÀ£ÀÄ ±ÁAwAiÀÄÄvÀ C¹ÛvÀéªÀ£ÀÄß
Varun Venugopal £ÀqɸÀÄvÁÛ£É, vÀ£Àß ªÀÄUÀ¤UÉ GvÀÛªÀĪÁzÀzÀÝ£ÀÄß §AiÀĸÀÄvÁÛ£É.
Music: CªÀ£À »A¢£À PÉ®ªÀÅ C¹Ü¥ÀAdgÀUÀ¼ÀÄ CªÀ£À PÉÆèøÉmï¤AzÀ
V. Harikrishna, Arjun ºÉÆgÀ§gÀĪÀªÀgÉUÀÆ J®èªÀÇ ¸ÀjAiÀiÁV £ÀqÉAiÀÄÄvÀÛªÉ JAzÀÄ
Janya vÉÆÃgÀÄvÀÛzÉ, ªÀÄvÀÄÛ CªÀ£ÀÄ vÀ£Àß ªÀÄÆ® CªÀvÁgÀªÀ£ÀÄß
Cast: vÉUÉzÀÄPÉƼÀÄîªÀAvÉ MvÁ۬ĸÀ¯ÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ.
Darshan, Jagapathi
Babu, Vinod Prab-
hakar

Tharun Sudhir

Tharun Sudhir also known as Tharun
Kishore Sudhir, is an actor, director
and writer. So far, Tharun Sudhir
has worked in the Sandalwood en-
tertainment industry. His work has

been released in Telugu and Kannada.

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Salaga Salaga

2021 / India / ¸À®UÀ
Kannada / 124 min.

Director: Vijaykumar, alias Salaga, is unknow-
Duniya Vijay ingly pulled into the realm of under-
Producer: world.
KP Srikanth Samrat is an honest and upright cop
Editor: who sees through him and decides to
Navinlal bring out justice.
Writer(s):
Maasthi Upparahalli, «dAiÀÄPÀĪÀiÁgï, C°AiÀiÁ¸ï ¸À®UÀ UÉÆwÛ®èzÉ ¨sÀÆUÀvÀ ¯ÉÆÃPÀPÉÌ
Duniya Vijay J¼É¢zÁÝ£É.
DOP: ¸ÁªÀiÁæmï M§â ¥ÁæªÀiÁtÂPÀ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ¥ÁæªÀiÁtÂPÀ ¥ÉÇðøï DVzÀÄÝ,
Shiva sena CªÀ£À ªÀÄÆ®PÀ £ÉÆÃqÀÄvÁÛ£É ªÀÄvÀÄÛ £ÁåAiÀĪÀ£ÀÄß ºÉÆgÀvÀgÀ®Ä
Sound: ¤zsÀðj¸ÀÄvÁÛ£É.
Sujith Sreedhar
Music:
Charan Raj
Cast:
Duniya Vijay, Sanjana
Anand, Dhananjay

Duniya Vijay

Vijay is a Kannada film star. Popular-
ly known as Duniya Vijay, Kari Chi-
rathe & Black Cobra.
Vijay struggled a lot before becom-
ing popular on screen. He started as
a junior film artist in minor insignificant roles.
His first movie as a hero was DUNIYA. Through this
movie, he got famous as Duniya Vijay. With his ex-
cellent acting in the movie, Vijay won the best actor
award from the Karnataka state government, con-
tinuing on the success of DUNIYA.

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Yuvarathnaa Yuvarathnaa

2021 / India / AiÀÄĪÀgÀvÀß
Kannada / 161 min.

Director: “Education is not a business, it’s a service,”
Santhosh Anand- Yuvarathnaa revolves around this prima-
dram ry subject. A death of a merit student puts
Producer: Rashtra Kuta (RK) College, a Government
Vijay Kiragandur University, in the spotlight. A worried college
Editor: dean, Gurudev Deshpande, goes out of his
Jnaanesh way to get justice for the student and trav-
Writer(s): els across different colleges to get a petition
Santhosh Anand- re-evaluated.
dram In his absence, enters Arjun, a new student
DOP: in the college. He takes notice of a few dis-
Venkatesh Anguraj crepancies and goes about bringing in ref-
Sound: ormation against all odds. He single-hand-
S. Thaman edly strives to fight against corruption and
Music: loopholes, which leads to the reveal of his
S. Thaman real identity.
Cast: The film highlights why skills are just as
Puneeth Rajkumar, important as academics. It also talks about
Sayyeshaa, Dhanan- student empowerment and other issues like
jay, Prakash Raj, the role of alumni and how they connect
Diganth, Saikumar with their alma mater.

“²PÀët ªÁå¥ÁgÀªÀ®è, ¸ÉêÉ,” AiÀÄĪÀgÀvÀß, EzÀ£ÀÄß ¥ÁæxÀ«ÄPÀ «µÀAiÀĪÁV
¸ÀÄvÀÄÛvÁÛgÉ. ªÉÄjmï «zÁåyðAiÀÄ ¸ÁªÀÅ ¸ÀPÁðj «±Àé«zÁ央AiÀĪÁzÀ
gÁµÀÖæPÀÆl (DgïPÉ) PÁ¯ÉÃd£ÀÄß UÀªÀÄ£ÀPÉÌ vÀA¢zÉ. DvÀAPÀUÉÆAqÀ PÁ¯ÉÃdÄ
rãï UÀÄgÀÄzÉêï zÉñÀ¥ÁAqÉ, «zÁåyðUÉ £ÁåAiÀÄ zÉÆgÀQ¹PÉÆqÀ®Ä
ºÉÆgÀqÀÄvÁÛgÉ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ CfðAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ªÀÄgÀĪÀiË®åªÀiÁ¥À£À ªÀiÁqÀ®Ä ««zsÀ
PÁ¯ÉÃdÄUÀ¼À°è ¸ÀAZÀj¸ÀÄvÁÛgÉ.
CªÀ£À C£ÀÄ¥À¹ÜwAiÀÄ°è, CdÄð£ï PÁ¯ÉÃf£À°è ºÉƸÀ «zÁåyðAiÀÄ£ÀÄß
¥ÀæªÉò¸ÀÄvÁÛ£É. CªÀgÀÄ PÉ®ªÀÅ ªÀåvÁå¸ÀUÀ¼À£ÀÄß UÀªÀĤ¸ÀÄvÁÛgÉ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ J¯Áè
«®PÀëtUÀ¼À «gÀÄzÀÞ ¸ÀÄzsÁgÀuÉAiÀÄ£ÀÄß vÀgÀ®Ä ºÉÆÃUÀÄvÁÛgÉ. ¨sÀæµÁÖZÁgÀ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ
¯ÉÆÃ¥ÀzÉÆõÀUÀ¼À «gÀÄzÀÞ ºÉÆÃgÁqÀ®Ä CªÀ£ÀÄ KPÁAVAiÀiÁV ±Àæ«Ä¸ÀÄvÁÛ£É,
CzÀÄ CªÀ£À £ÉÊd UÀÄgÀÄvÀ£ÀÄß §»gÀAUÀ¥Àr¸À®Ä PÁgÀtªÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ.
²PÀëtzÀµÉÖà P˱À®åªÀÇ KPÉ ªÀÄÄRå JA§ÄzÀ£ÀÄß avÀæ JwÛ vÉÆÃj¸ÀÄvÀÛzÉ.
EzÀÄ «zÁåyðUÀ¼À ¸À§°ÃPÀgÀt ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ºÀ¼ÉAiÀÄ «zÁåyðUÀ¼À ¥ÁvÀæ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ
CªÀgÀÄ vÀªÀÄä C¯Áä ªÉÄÃlgï£ÉÆA¢UÉ ºÉÃUÉ ¸ÀA¥ÀQð¸ÀÄvÁÛgÉ JA§AvÀºÀ
EvÀgÀ ¸ÀªÀĸÉåUÀ¼À §UÉÎAiÀÄÆ ªÀiÁvÀ£ÁqÀÄvÀÛzÉ.

Santhosh Ananddram

Santhosh Ananddram is a film
screenwriter, lyric writer and direc-
tor who works in the Kannada cine-
ma. He rose to fame with his debut
directional venture 2014 film

MR. AND MRS. RAMACHARI.

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1000 Dreams 1000 Dreams

2021 / Kyrgyzstan / 1000 ræêÀiïì
Kyrgyz / 89 min.

Director: Nazar, Rumia’s lover, comes to the
Marat Sarulu workshop of her ex-husband Arsen.
Producer: He looks into his computer and finds
Akjol Bekbolotov a file that changes his life. Nazar pene-
Editor: trates the secret of Arsen, who created
Arzhuna Asanov, Azat fiction and disappeared into it like an
Mamunov artist from China who painted a fan-
Writer(s): tastic picture, penetrated it and dis-
Marat Sarulu, Emil appeared forever from the world of
Jumabaev people.
DOP:
Boris Troshev £Àdgï, vÀ£Àß ¸ÉßûvÉ gÀÆ«ÄAiÀiÁ¼À ªÀiÁf ¥Àw C¸Àð£ï £ÀqɸÀÄwÛzÀÝ
Sound: PÁAiÀiÁðUÁgÀPÉÌ §gÀÄvÁÛ£É. CªÀ£À PÀA¥ÀÆålgï£À°èzÀÝ ¥sÉʯï MAzÀÄ
Mars Tugelov PÀtÂÚUÉ ©Ã¼ÀÄvÀÛzÉ. CzÀÄ CªÀ£À fêÀ£ÀªÀ£Éßà §zÀ°¹©qÀÄvÀÛzÉ.
Music: C¸Àð£ï£À gÀºÀ¸ÀåªÀ£ÀÄß £Àdgï ¨sÉâ¸ÀÄvÁÛ£É. PÁ®à¤PÀ zÀȱÀåªÀ£ÀÄß
Murzali Jeenbaev ¸ÀȶָÀĪÀÅzÀÄ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ CzÀÄ CzÀȱÀåªÁUÀĪÀÅzÀÄ MAzÀÄ PÀ¯É. aãÁzÀ°è
Cast: PÉ®ªÀÅ PÀ¯Á«zÀgÀÄ F jÃwAiÀÄ CzÀÄãvÀ avÀæUÀ¼À£ÀÄß ©r¸ÀÄvÁÛgÉ.
Jyldyz Bekova, ªÀÄvÉÆÛ§âgÀ ªÀÄ£À¸Àì£ÀÄß M¼ÀºÉÆPÀÄÌ £ÉÆÃqÀĪÀ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ CzÀȱÀåUÉƽ¸ÀĪÀ
Akmaral Uzbekova, F DAiÀiÁªÀÄzÀ ªÀÄÆ®PÀ ªÁ¸ÀÛ«PÀvÉ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ PÀ®à£ÉAiÀÄ £ÀqÀĪÉ
Kurmanbek Mamyrov, EgÀĪÀ ¸ÀAQÃtð ¸ÀA§AzsÀUÀ¼ÀÄ E°è C£ÁªÀgÀtUÉƼÀÄîvÀÛªÉ.
Aziz Yusupov £É£À¥ÀÄUÀ¼ÀÄ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ¨sÀæªÉÄ ªÁ¸ÀÛ«PÀvÉAiÉÆA¢UÉ ¨ÉgÉvÀÄ DzsÁåwäPÀ
¸ÀégÀÆ¥ÀPÉÌ §zÀ¯ÁUÀĪÀ ¥ÀæQæAiÉÄ E°èzÉ.

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Fest Agent
He graduated in philosophy faculty
126 of the Kyrghyz National University,
1980. Subsequently, he studied at
the Moscow Cinema Academy, 1984.
He wrote more than ten scenarios

for his own and other films, and also directed five
feature-length, four short, five documentary and
one animated film. One of the founders of a New
Wave in the Kyrgyz cinema beginning of the 1990s,
He works in an independent art-house cinema.
He is also Member of Kyrgyzstan Filmmakers Union.
He lives and works in Kyrgyzstan.

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KHATE FARZI 180°Rule

2020 / Iran / 180 rVæ gÀƯï
Perisan / 83 min.
A school teacher from Tehran is pre-
Director: paring to attend a wedding in north-
Farnoosh Samadi ern Iran. When her husband suddenly
Producer: forbids her to go, she makes a choice
Ali Mosaffa that will place her on a painful path to
Editor: atonement.
Meisam Molaei
Writer(s): vɺÀgÁ¤£À ±Á¯Á ²PÀëQ ¸ÁgÁ GvÀÛgÀ EgÁ¤£À°è £ÀqÉAiÀÄĪÀ
Farnoosh Samadi ªÀÄzÀÄªÉ ¸ÀªÀiÁgÀA¨sÀPÉÌ vÉgÀ¼ÀĪÀ ¹zÀÞvÉAiÀÄ°èzÁݼÉ. DzÀgÉ
DOP: CªÀ¼À UÀAqÀ ºÀ«ÄÃzï CzÀPÉÌ ¸ÀªÀÄäw¸ÀĪÀÅ¢®è. DzÀgÀÆ ¸ÁgÁ,
Masoud Salami UÀAqÀ¤UÉ w½AiÀÄzÀAvÉAiÉÄà ¥ÀÄwæ gÁºÁ¼ÉÆA¢UÉ ªÀÄzÀĪÉ
Sound: ¸ÀªÀiÁgÀA¨sÀPÉÌ vÉgÀ¼ÀÄvÁÛ¼É. C°è £ÀqÉAiÀÄĪÀ zÀÄWÀðl£ÉAiÀÄ°è
Amirhossein gÁºÁ zÀÄgÀAvÀ¸ÁªÀ£ÀߥÀÄàvÁÛ¼É. UÀAqÀ£À ªÀiÁvÀÄ «ÄÃgÀĪÀÅzÉÃ
Ghasemi C°è WÉÆÃgÀ C¥ÀgÁzsÀ. PÀÄlÄA§zÀ ¥Àj¹Üw ©UÀqÁ¬Ä¸ÀÄvÀÛzÉ.
Music: ªÀiÁ£À¹PÀ MvÀÛqÀPÉÌ ¹®ÄQzÀ ¸ÁgÁ Cw £ÉÆë£À ¥ÁæAiÀIJÑvÀzÀ
Peyman Yazdanian ºÁ¢ »rAiÀÄÄvÁÛ¼É.
Cast:
Sahar Dolatshahi,
Pejman Jamshidi

Nominations

Toronto
IFF -
Best Film /London
FF - Narrative
Feature / Fajr FF-
Best Actress in a
Supporting Role,
Best Sound Mix

Awards Farnoosh Samadi

Valladolid IFF Farnoosh Samadi is an Iranian film-
2020- Winner Best maker who graduated from the
Feature Film Fine Art Academy in Rome. She
co-wrote in Ali Asgari’s award win-
ning short films. GAZE is her second

short film, with its world premiere in competition of
Locarno Film Festival 2017. She is a member of the
Academy of Oscar.

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Plavi cvijet A blue flower

§Æè ¥sÀèªÀgï

2021 / Croatia, Serbia /
Croatian / 85 min.

Director: On the eve of Mirjana’s 20th work an-
Zrinko Ogresta niversary, she is to receive an award
Producer: at a modest celebration. Her interac-
Ivan Maloca, Lazar tions with her loved ones illustrate her
Ristovski whole life: the one behind her, the one
Editor: she’s living, and the one yet to come.
Tomislav Pavlic A Blue Flower is a film about a wom-
Writer(s): an, about a mother and her daughter
Zrinko Ogresta, Ivor -- a film that evokes emotional associ-
Martinic ations and urges us to take a long look
DOP: into ourselves.
Branko Linta
Sound: Zoran Mak- ªÀÄzsÀåªÀAiÀĸÉÌ «ÄeÁð£À PÁl£ï «Ä¯ï£À°è PÉ®¸ÀªÀiÁqÀÄwÛzÁݼÉ.
simovic ¸ÀvÀvÀ E¥ÀàvÀÄÛ ªÀµÀðUÀ¼À PÁ® ¥ÁæªÀiÁt PÀ ¸ÉÃªÉ ¸À°è¹zÀ
Music: PÁgÀtPÉÌ CªÀ½UÉ ¥Àæ±À¹Û ¤ÃqÀ¯ÁUÀÄwÛzÉ. F ¸ÀAzÀ¨sÀðzÀ°è
Kristijan Koscica, ¦æÃw¥ÁvÀægÉÆA¢UÉ £ÀqÉzÀ ¸ÀAªÁzÀzÀ°è CªÀ¼À ¸ÀA¥ÀÆtð
Dino Osmanagic §PÀÄPÉà C£ÁªÀgÀtUÉƼÀÄîvÀÛzÉ. ªÀÄ»¼Á ¥ÀæzsÁ£À F avÀæzÀ°è
Cast: vÁ¬Ä ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ªÀÄUÀ¼À fêÀ£À vÉgÉzÀÄPÉƼÀÄîvÀÛzÉ. ¨Á®Ì£ï ªÀÄvÀÄÛ
Vanja Ciric, Anja AiÀÄÄUÉÆøÉÆèëAiÀiÁ ¥ÁæAvÀåzÀ°è PËlÄA©PÀ ¸ÀA§AzsÀUÀ¼ÀÄ
Sovagovic-Despot, £ÀAf¤AzÀ PÀÆrªÉ. ªÀÄÆgÀÄ vÀ¯ÉªÀiÁj£À ªÀÄ»¼ÉAiÀÄgÀ
Tea Harcevic , vÀªÀPÀvÀ®ètUÀ¼ÀÄ E°èªÉ.
Niksa Butijer , Doris
Saric-Kukuljica , Alen
Liveric

Nominations

Moscow IFF 2021-
Nominee Best Film

Awards Zrinko Ogresta

Pula FF 2021 Born in Virovitica, Croatia in 1958, he
Winner- Best Movie, studied at the Academy of Dramatic
Best Director, Best Art in Zagreb, where he is now a
Actress / Mostar FF professor of directing. He is a direc-
2021 Winner- Best
Lead Actress, Best tor and screenwriter whose films
Debut Actress
have won awards at festivals around the world
including at Venice and Karlovy Vary. He is also a
member of the European Film Academy in Berlin.

His latest work is the feature fiction film A BLUE
FLOWER (2021).

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Ghahreman A Hero

2021 / Iran, France / J »ÃgÉÆÃ
Farsi / 127 min.

Director: Rahim is in prison because of a debt
Asghar Farhadi he was unable to repay. During a two-
Producer: day leave, he tries to convince his cred-
Alexandre Mal- itor to withdraw his complaint against
let-Guy, Asghar the payment of part of the sum. But
Farhadi things don’t go as planned.
Editor:
Hayedeh Safiyari «¥ÀjÃvÀ ¸Á® ªÀiÁr CzÀ£ÀÄß wÃj¸À¯ÁUÀzÉ eÉ樀 ¸ÉÃ-
Writer(s): jgÀÄvÁÛ£É gÀ»ÃªÀiï. ¸Á®zÀ ºÀt »AwgÀÄV¸ÀĪÀ ±ÀQÛ CªÀ£À°è®è.
Asghar Farhadi eÉÊ°¤AzÀ JgÀqÀÄ ¢£ÀUÀ¼À gÀeÉ ªÉÄÃ¯É ºÉÆgÀ§AzÁUÀ, vÀ£Àß
DOP: ªÉÄÃ¯É ¤ÃrgÀĪÀ zÀÆgÀÄ ªÁ¥À¸ÀÄ ¥ÀqÉAiÀÄĪÀAvÉ zÀÆgÀÄzÁgÀ£À£ÀÄß
Ali Ghazi, Arash PÉýPÉƼÀÄîvÁÛ£É. CzÀÄ ¥sÀ°¸ÀĪÀÅ¢®è. zÁjAiÀÄ°è §gÀĪÁUÀ ºÀt
Ramezani vÀÄA©zÀÝ PÀ¥ÀÄà aîªÉÇAzÀÄ CªÀ¤UÉ DPÀ¹äPÀªÁV ¹UÀÄvÀÛzÉ.
Sound: CªÀ£À J®è ¸Á®UÀ¼ÀÆ ªÀÄÄVzÀĺÉÆÃUÀĪÀµÀÄÖ ºÀtªÁVgÀĪÀÅzÀ-
Mehdi Saleh Kermani jAzÀ CzÀ£ÀÄß vÉUÉzÀÄPÉÆAqÀÄ ¸Á® wÃj¹, ©qÀÄUÀqÉAiÀÄ ªÀiÁUÀð
, Mohammad Reza £ÉÆÃqÀĪÀAvÉ CªÀ£À ¸ÉßûvÉAiÀÄÆ ºÉüÀÄvÁÛ¼É. gÀ»ÃªÀÄ£À ªÀÄ£À¸ÀÄì
Delpak qÉÆïÁAiÀĪÀiÁ£ÀªÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ. £ÉÊwPÀ ¥ÀæeÉÕ CªÀ£À£ÀÄß JZÀÑj¸ÀÄvÀÛzÉ.
Music: gÀ»ÃªÀiï D aîzÀ ªÁgÀ¸ÀÄzÁgÀgÀ£ÀÄß ºÀÄqÀÄPÀ¯ÁgÀA©ü¸ÀÄvÁÛ£É.
Rymin
Cast:
Amir Jadidi, Mohsen
Tanabandeh, Sahar
Goldust, Sarina
Farhadi.

Nominations

Golden Globes, USA
2022- Nominee
Best Motion Picture
/ Iranian entry -
Best International
Feature Film at
the 94th Academy
Awards

Awards Asghar Farhadi
Cannes FF 2021-
Winner Grand Prix, Asghar Farhadi is an Oscar-winning
Fran’ois Chalais
Award /Palm Iranian film director, producer, and
Springs IFF 2022- screenwriter. He has won two Os-
Winner Bridging cars in the ‘Best Foreign Language
the Borders Award, Film’ category for his films A SEPA-
FIPRESCI Prize
RATION and THE SALESMAN. At the beginning of
World Sales: Impact his career, he made several short films for the Isfa-
Films han branch of the Iranian Young Cinema Society.
He made his debut as a screenwriter in 2002 with
the film LOW HEIGHTS. The next year, he made his
directorial debut with DANCING IN THE DUST.

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Ha’berech Ahed’s Knee

2021 / France, Israel, CºÉqï’¸ï ¤Ã
Germany /
Hebrew / 109 min.

Director: An Israeli filmmaker throws himself
Nadav Lapid in the midst of two battles doomed to
Producer: fail: one against the death of freedom,
Judith Lou Levy, the other against the death of a moth-
Osnat Handels- er.
man-Keren, Talia
Kleinhendler, Eve £À®ªÀvÀÛgÀ ªÀAiÀĹì£À E¸Éæ𠹤ªÀiÁ ¤ªÀiÁð¥ÀPÀ£ÉƧ⠧ºÀÄzÀÆgÀzÀ
Robin UÁæªÀÄ¢AzÀ, vÀ£Àß ZÀ®£ÀavÀæªÉÇAzÀ£ÀÄß ¸À°è¸À®Ä DUÀ«Ä¹zÁÝ£É. C°è
Editor: CªÀ£ÀÄ ¸ÀA¸ÀÌøw ¸ÀaªÁ®AiÀÄzÀ C¢üPÁjAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ¨sÉÃnAiÀiÁUÀÄvÁÛ£É.
Nili Feller C°è JgÀqÀÄ «¥sÀ® ºÉÆÃgÁlªÀ£ÀÄß C¤ªÁAiÀÄðªÁV JzÀÄ-
Writer(s): j¸À¨ÉÃPÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ. zÉñÀzÀ°è CªÀ£ÀwAiÀiÁUÀÄwÛgÀĪÀ ¸ÁévÀAvÀæöåPÁÌV
Nadav Lapid, Haim ºÉÆÃgÁqÀ¨ÉÃPÁzÀ C¤ªÁAiÀÄðvÉ MAzÉqÉAiÀiÁzÀgÉ, vÀ£Àß
Lapid vÁ¬ÄAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ¸Á«£À zÀªÀqɬÄAzÀ PÁ¥ÁqÀĪÀ ºÉÆuÉ ªÀÄvÉÆÛAzÉqÉ.
DOP:
Shaï Goldman
Sound:
Aviv Aldema
Music:
Aviv Aldema
Cast:
Avshalom Pollak, Nur
Fibak

Nominations

Awards of the Israeli
Film Academy 2021-
Nominee Best Film,
Best Director, Best
Actor, Best Actress,
Best Cinematogra-
phy, Best Editing,
Best Sound

Awards Nadav Lapid

Cannes FF 2021- Nadav Lapid was born in 1975 in
Winner Jury Prize Tel Aviv, Israel. He is a director and
writer, known for SYNONYMS (2019),
THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER
(2014) and POLICEMAN (2011).

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Mila Apples

2020 / Greece, Po- D¥À¯ï
land, Slovenia /
Greek / 90 min. As an unpredictable, sweeping pan-
demic causes people to develop sud-
Director: den amnesia, a middle-aged Aris finds
Christos Nikou himself enrolled in a recovery program
Producer: designed to help build a new life. Pre-
Iraklis Mavroidis, scribed daily tasks on cassette tapes to
Angelo Venetis, Aris create new memories and document
Dagios, Mariusz them on camera, Aris slides back into
Wlodarsk, Christos ordinary life after meeting Anna -- a
Nikou woman also in recovery. The movie
Editor: explores how society might handle
Giorgos Zafeiris an irreversible epidemic through one
Writer(s): man’s story of self-discovery.
Christos Nikou,
Stavros Raptis PÀt ÚUÉ PÁtzÀ ªÉÊgÀ¸ÉÆìAzÀÄ, ¸ÁAPÁæ«ÄPÀªÁV d£À EzÀÝQÌzÀÝAvÉ
DOP: ªÀÄgɪÀÅgÉÆÃUÀPÉÌ vÀÄvÁÛUÀÄvÁÛgÉ. ªÀÄzsÀå ªÀAiÀĹì£À Djøï, §¸ï£À°è
Bartosz Swiniarski ¥ÀAiÀÄt ¸ÀÄwÛzÀݪÀ£ÀÄ EzÀÝQÌzÀÝAvÉ ¸Àäøw PÀ¼ÉzÀÄPÉƼÀÄîvÁÛ£É.
Sound: «¼Á¸À«®èzÉ, £Á£É°èUÉ §A¢zÉÝÃ£É J£ÀÄߪÀÅzÉà UÉÆwÛ®èzÀ DjøïUÉ,
Leandros Ntounis D¸ÀàvÉæAiÀÄ°è ¸Àäøw ªÀÄgÀÄPÀ½¸ÀĪÀ ¸À®ÄªÁV ºÉƸÀ ¨Á¼À£ÀÄß
Music: ¸ÀȶֹPÉƼÀÄîªÀ ¥ÀæAiÀÄvÀßUÀ¼ÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ. fêÀ£ÀzÀ°è £É£À¥ÀÄUÀ¼À
The Boy ªÀĺÀvÀézÀ §UÉÎ ¸ÀA±ÉÆÃzsÀ£ÉUÀ¼ÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ. CzÉà jÃwAiÀÄ gÉÆÃUÀPÉÌ
Cast: vÀÄvÁÛV UÀÄtªÀÄÄR¼ÁUÀĪÀvÀÛ ºÉeÉÓ ºÁQzÀÝ C£Áß¼À£ÀÄß Djøï
Aris Servetalis, Sofia ¨sÉÃnAiÀiÁzÀ £ÀAvÀgÀ ¸Àäøw¥Àl®zÀ ¤±ÀÑ® ¹Üw, ¨sÀæªÉÄ, ªÀåQÛvÀé,
Georgovasili, Anna J®èªÀÇ CxÀð¥ÀqÉzÀÄPÉƼÀÄîvÁÛ ºÉÆÃUÀÄvÀÛzÉ. Djøï vÀ£ÀßzÉà DzÀ
Kalaitzidou, Argiris ºÉƸÀ £É£À¥ÀÄUÀ¼À ªÀÄÆ®PÀ ºÉƸÀzÉà §zÀÄPÀÄ PÀnÖPÉƼÀÄîvÁÛ£É. F
Bakirtzis ªÀÄÆ®PÀ ¸ÀªÀiÁd PÉÊ«ÄÃjzÀ ¸ÁAPÁæ«ÄPÀzÀ zÁ½AiÀÄ£ÀÄß ºÉÃUÉ
¤¨sÁ¬Ä¸ÀÄvÀÛzÉ J£ÀÄߪÀÅzÀÄ aAvÀ£ÉUÉ ºÀZÀÄÑvÀÛzÉ.
Nominations
Venice FF(Venice
Horizons Award) /
Thessaloniki FF
(Golden Alexander)
/ Chicago IFF(Gold
Hugo - Best
Feature) / Tokyo
IFF(Best Feature)

Awards Christos Nikou

Chicago IFF(Silver Nikou was born in Athens in 1984.
Hugo - Best Screen- His short film KM participated in
play) / Thessaloniki over 40 International film festivals,
FF(Best Actor) / winning the Best Short Film Prize at
Denver IFF(Special the Motovun Film Festival of Croatia.
Jury Prize) / Seville
European FF(New For the past ten years, he has worked as an assistant
Waves Award - Best director in many films including DOGTOOTH and
Film) BEFORE MIDNIGHT. APPLES is his first feature film

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Asia Asia

2020 / Israel / C¹AiÀiÁ
Hebrew, Russian /
85 min. Asia’s motherhood has always been
an ongoing struggle rather than an
Director: obvious instinct. Being a mother ear-
Ruthy Pribar lier than usual shaped her relation-
Producer: ship with her teenage daughter Vika.
Yoav Roeh, Aurit Despite living together, Asia and Vika
Zamir barely interact with one another.
Editor: Asia concentrates on her job as a
Neta Dvorkis nurse, while Vika hangs out at the
Writer(s): skatepark with her friends. Their rou-
Ruthy Pribar tine shakes when Vika’s health dete-
DOP: riorates rapidly. Asia must step in and
Daniella Nowitz become the mother Vika so desper-
Sound: ately needs. Vika’s illness turns out to
Shahaf Wagshal be an opportunity to reveal the great
Music: love within this small family unit.
Karni Postel
Cast:
Alena yiv, Shira Haas,
Tamir Mulla, Gera
sandler

Nominations ªÀÄƪÀvÉÛöÊzÀÄ ªÀµÀð ªÀAiÀĹì£À C¹AiÀiÁ MAn¨Á½£À vÁ¬Ä.
ªÀÄUÀ¼ÀÄ ¤PÁ¼ÉÆA¢UÉ gÀµÁå¢AzÀ eÉgÀƸÀ¯ÉÃAUÉ ªÀ®¸É
Warsaw IFF (Best §gÀÄvÁÛ¼É. C°è£À D¸ÀàvÉæAiÉÆAzÀgÀ°è £À¸ïð ªÀÈwÛ DgÀA©ü¸ÀÄvÁÛ¼É.
Film) / Jerusalem ªÀÄÄPÀÛ ªÀÄ£À¹ì£À, «ªÉÃZÀ£Á±Á°AiÀiÁzÀ ¸ÀzÁ ZÀlĪÀnPɬÄAzÀ
FF (Award for Israeli EgÀĪÀ vÁ¬Ä ªÀÄ£À¹ì£À C¹AiÀiÁ¼ÀzÀÄ ¸ÀzÁ ºÉÆÃgÁlzÀ §zÀÄPÀÄ.
Cinema) MAzÉà ¸ÀÆj£Àr EzÀÝgÀÆ ªÀÄUÀ¼ÀÄ «PÁ¼ÉÆA¢UÉ ¸ÀAªÁzÀ
PÀrªÉÄ. ¸ÀzÁ D¸ÀàvÉæ PÉ®¸ÀzÀ°è ªÀÄļÀVgÀÄwÛzÀÝgÉ, ªÀÄUÀ¼ÀÄ ¤PÁ
ªÉÆÃdÄ ªÀĹÛAiÀÄ°è ªÀÄļÀÄVgÀÄwÛgÀÄvÁÛ¼É. ªÀÄUÀ¼À ¸ÀéZÀÑAzÀ ±ÉÊ°AiÀÄ
§zÀÄQ¤AzÁV CªÀ¼À §zÀÄPÀÄ zÀĸÀÛgÀªÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ, ¤PÁ¼À DgÉÆÃUÀå
¹Üw UÀA©üÃgÀªÁzÁUÀ vÁ¬ÄAiÀiÁV ªÀÄUÀ¼À £ÉgÀ«UÉ zsÁ«¸ÀĪÀ
C¹AiÀiÁ, ªÀÄUÀ¼À §zÀÄQ£À ºÁ¢ vÀ¦àgÀĪÀÅzÀ£ÀÄß UÀÄgÀÄw¹, ¥ÀÄlÖ
PÀÄlÄA§ªÀ£ÀÄß PÁ¥ÁqÀĪÀ ¥Àt vÉÆqÀÄvÁÛ¼É.

Awards Ruthy Pribar

Jerusalem FF Born in 1982, Israel, Pribar graduated
with honours from the Sam Spiegel
(GWFF Award for Film School in 2012. Her short films
got screened at many international
Best First Film, film festivals, winning numerous

Best Cinematogra- awards. Alongside her work as a film director, she
works as an editor on both fiction and documenta-
phy, Best Actress) ry films. ASIA is her debut feature Film.

/ Tribeca FF (Nora

Ephron Prize, Best

Cinematography,

Best Actress)

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Babardeala cu Bad Luck Banging or
bucluc sau porno Loony Porn
balamuc
¨Áåqï ®Pï ¨ÁåAVAUï Dgï ®Æ¤ ¥ÉÇãïð
2021 / Romania, Lux-
embourg, Czech Re- Emi, a schoolteacher, finds her rep-
public, Croatia / utation under threat after a personal
Romanian, English / sex tape is uploaded onto the inter-
106 min. net. Forced to meet the parents de-
manding her dismissal, Emi refuses
Director: to surrender. BAD LUCK BANGING OR
Radu Jude LOONY PORN is a film in three loosely
Producer: connected parts: a walk in the city of
Ada Solomon Bucharest and then a playful essay on
Editor: obscenities, all culminating. The third
Catalin Cristutiu part is an incendiary comic confronta-
Writer(s): tion.
Radu Jude
DOP: MAzÀÄ UÀAqÀÄ ºÁUÀÆ MAzÀÄ ºÉtÂÚ£À «rAiÉÆà EAlgï£Émï£À°è
Marius Panduru, RSC ªÉÊgÀ¯ï DUÀÄvÀÛzÉ. EzÀgÀ°è ¨sÁVAiÀiÁzÀ ªÀÄ»¼ÉAiÀÄ UÀÄgÀÄvÀÄ
Sound: ¥ÀvÉÛAiÀiÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ. zÀÄgÀAvÀªÉAzÀgÉ DPÉ ¸ÀªÀiÁdPÉÌ ªÀiÁzÀj
Dana Bunescu DUÀ¨ÉÃQzÀÝ M§â ²PÀëQ. ±Á¯É¬ÄAzÀ F ²PÀëQAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ªÀeÁ
Music: ªÀiÁqÀĪÀAvÉ «zÁåyðUÀ¼À ¥ÉÆõÀPÀgÀÄ MvÁ۬ĸÀÄvÁÛgÉ. DzÀgÉ
Jura Ferina, Pavao ²PÀëQ CzÀPÉÌ ¸ÉÆ¥ÀÄàºÁPÀĪÀÅ¢®è.
Miholjevic
Cast:
Katia Pascariu, Clau-
dia Ieremia, Olimpia
Mălai, Nicodim
Ungureanu

Nominations Radu Jude
San Sebastin IFF
2021- Nominee He is a director and screenwriter. He
FIPRESCI Film of studied filmmaking in Bucharest
the Year, Zabalte- and started his career as an assis-
gi-Tabakalera Prize tant director. In 2006, he made the
/ Palm Springs IFF short film THE TUBE WITH A HAT
2022- Nominee that won more than 50 international
FIPRESCI Prize
awards. Jude’s feature debut, THE HAPPIEST GIRL
Awards IN THE WORLD (2009) was selected for more than
Berlin IFF 2021- 50 international film festivals. In 2016, he made his
Winner Best Film debut as a theatre director with his stage adapta-
tion of Ingmar Bergman’s SCENES FROM A MAR-
World Sales: Heretic RIAGE. The international premiere of THE DEAD
NATION (2017) marked his debut in documentary
filmmaking. His latest feature I DO NOT CARE IF
WE GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS BARBARIANS (2018)
deepens the connection between personal and po-
litical.

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Plokhiye Dorogi Bad Roads

2020 / Ukraine / ¨Áåqï gÉÆÃqïì
Russian / 105 min.

Director: Four short stories are set along the
Natalya Vorozhbit roads of Donbass during the war. There
Producer: are no safe spaces and no one can
Yuriy Minzyanov, make sense of just what is going on.
Dmitriy Minzyanov Even as they are trapped in the chaos,
Editor: some manage to wield authority over
Alexander Chorny, others. But in this world, where tomor-
Andrii Gulyanych row may never come, not everyone is
Writer(s): defenseless and miserable -- even the
Natalya Vorozhbit most innocent victims may have their
DOP: turn at taking charge.
Volodymyr Ivanov
Sound: GPÉæä£À qÁ£ï¨Á¸ï ¥ÁæAvÀåzÀ°è AiÀÄzÀÞ ¸ÀªÀÄAiÀÄzÀ°è £ÀqÉzÀ £Á®ÄÌ
Oleksandr Shat- §§ðgÀ PÀÈvÀåUÀ¼À PÀvÉ. F ªÀ®AiÀÄzÀ°è ¸ÀÄgÀQëvÀ vÁt J£ÀÄߪÀÅzÉÃ
kivskyi E®è. K£ÀÄ £ÀqÉAiÀÄÄwÛzÉ JA§ÄzÉà AiÀiÁjUÀÆ w½AiÀÄÄwÛ®è. UÀ®¨sÉ,
Cast: UÉÆAzÀ®zÀ°è d£À¸ÁªÀiÁ£ÀågÀÄ ¹Q̺ÁQPÉÆArzÁÝgÉ. £Á¼É
Igor Koltovskyy, JA§ÄzÉà PÀ£À¸ÀÄ JA§ ¥Àj¹Üw EgÀĪÀ F dUÀwÛ£À°è AiÀiÁjUÀÆ
Andrey Lelyukh, gÀPÀëuÉ E®è.
Vladimir Gurin, Anna
Zhurakovskaya,
Yuliya Matrosova,
Ekaterina Zhdano-
vich, Anastasia
Parshina.

Nominations

Ukrainian
entry-Best Inter-
national Feature
Film at the 94th
Academy Awards /
Montreal Festival of
New Cinema- Nom-
inee Louve d’Or

Awards Natalya Vorozhbit
Venice FF 2020-
Winner Verona She was born in Kiev and graduated
Film Club Award from the Moscow Literary Institute.
/Ukrainian Film BAD ROADS, her first film, was orig-
Critics-Winner inally presented on stage in 2017 at
Kinokolo/ Ukrain- the Royal Court Theater in London.
ian Film Academy The Royal Shakespeare Company
Awards- Winner produced her play THE GRAIN STORE in 2009, and
Golden Dziga MAIDAN: VOICES FROM THE UPRISING 2014 was
staged during the same season that year at both
World Sales: the Royal Court in London and Teatr.doc in Moscow.
Reason 8 Films She was the head writer for the acclaimed 2010
Russian TV series School and wrote the feature
films STEEL BUTTERFLY (2012), WILD FIELDS (2016)
and CYBORGS (2017). She is presently developing
her second feature film project.

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Beans Beans

2020 / Canada / ©Ã£ïì
English / 92 min.
In the summer of 1990, a 12-year-old
Director: Mohawk girl is forced to grow up fast
Tracey Deer and find her own inner warrior dur-
Producer: ing an armed stand-off between her
Anne-Marie Gélinas community and the government.
Editor: Torn between innocent childhood and
Sophie Farkas reckless adolescence, she struggles to
Bolla build her own identity amidst the cha-
Writer(s): os of the uprising and the injustice of
Tracey Deer, Mere- a world that sees her as different even
dith Vuchnich in her own land. Will she succumb to
DOP: the pressures of a society intending to
Marie Davignon bring her down? Or will she rise to as-
Sound: sert her strength and uniqueness.
Paul Lucien Col
Music: £ÉÊd WÀl£ÉAiÀÄ£ÁßzsÀj¹zÀ PÀvÉ. 1990 gÀ°è PÀÆå¨ÉPï£À°è ªÀiÁºÁéPï
Mario Sévigny, Jayli ¸ÀªÀÄÄzÁAiÀÄ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ¸ÀPÁðj ¥ÀqÉUÀ¼À £ÀqÀÄªÉ £ÀqÉzÀ ¢£ÀUÀ¼À
Wolf zÀAUÉAiÀÄ£ÀÄß PÀÄjvÁzÀ £ÉÊd WÀl£É. EzÀ£ÀÄß NPÁ ¸ÀAWÀµÀð JAzÉÃ
Cast: Kiawentiio, PÀgÉAiÀįÁUÀÄwÛvÀÄÛ. F ¸ÀAzÀ¨sÀðzÀ°è 12 ªÀµÀð ªÀAiÀĹì£À ¨Á®Q
Rainbow Dickerson, ©Ã£ï¼À vÉÆAiÀiÁÝl, ¨Á®åzÀ ªÀÄÄUÀÞvÉ ºÁUÀÆ ºÀ¢ºÀgÀAiÀÄzÀ ºÀÄZÀÄÑ
Violah Beauvais, zsÉÊAiÀÄðzÀ ªÉƺÁéPï ¥Àæw¨sÀl£ÁPÁgÀgÀ eÉÆvÉ ¸ÉÃgÀ¨ÉÃPÉAzÀÄ
Paulina Alexis, vÀªÀQ¸ÀĪÀ avÀæt«zÉ.
D’Pharaoh Woon-
A-Tai

Nominations

Seattle IFF 2021-
Best Feature Film

Awards Tracey Deer

Vancouver IFF Born and raised in the Mohawk
- Winner Best community of Kahnawake, Tracey
Canadian Film Deer is an award-winning Indig-
Award / Berlin IFF enous director, producer, writer,
2021-Winner mentor, speaker, and leader. A grad-
Crystal Bear /
Toronto IFF 2020- uate of Dartmouth College’s Film Studies program,
Winner Rising Stars Tracey is a visual storyteller who wants to leave a
Award positive impact on the world.

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Bergman Island Bergman Island

2021 / France, Ger- §UïðªÀÄ£ï L¯ÁåAqï
many, Sweden /
English, French, BERGMAN ISLAND follows a couple of
Swedish / 113 min. American filmmakers, Chris and Tony,
who retreat to the mythical island for
Director: the summer. In this wild, breathtaking
Mia Hansen-Løve landscape where Bergman lived and
Producer: shot his most celebrated pieces, they
Charles Gillibert, hope to find inspiration for their up-
Erik Hermmendorff, coming films. As days spent separately
Rodrigo Teixeira, pass by, the fascination for the island
Lisa Widén operates on Chris and souvenirs of her
Editor: first love resurface. Lines between re-
Marion Monnier ality and fiction will progressively blur
Writer(s): and tear our couple even more apart.
Mia Hansen-Løve
DOP: ¥ÀæSÁåvÀ ¤zÉÃð±ÀPÀ §UïðªÀÄ£ï, vÀ£Àß ºÀ®ªÁgÀÄ d£À¦æAiÀÄ
Denis Lenoir ZÀ®£ÀavÀæUÀ¼À£ÀÄß awæÃPÀj¹zÀ vÁtªÁzÀ ¥sÁgÉÆà ¢éÃ¥ÀzÀ°è
Sound: ¨ÉùUÉ gÀeÉ PÀ¼ÉAiÀÄ®Ä ºÁUÀÆ avÀæPÀxÉAiÉÆAzÀ£ÀÄß gÀa¸À®Ä
Paul Heymans CªÉÄjPÁzÀ ZÀ®£ÀavÀæ zÀA¥Àw §gÀÄvÁÛgÉ. §UïðªÀÄ£ï£À
Music: ¸ÀÆàwð¬ÄAzÀ avÀæPÀxÉ gÀa¸ÀĪÀÅzÀÄ CªÀgÀ GzÉÝñÀ. avÀæPÀxÉ
Raphael Hamburger ¥ÀæUÀwAiÀÄ°ègÀĪÁUÀ¯Éà ¨sÁæªÀÄPÀvÉ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ªÁ¸ÀÛ«PÀvÉ ªÉÄïÁlªÁqÀ
Cast: vÉÆqÀV zÀA¥Àw §zÀÄPÉà czÀæªÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ.
Vicky Krieps, Tim
Roth, Mia Wasikows-
ka, Anders Danielsen
Lie

Nominations Mia Hansen-Løve

Cannes FF 2021- Mia Hansen-Løve, is a French film
Nominee Palme d’Or director, screenwriter and a former
/ Seville European actress. Her film THE FATHER OF
FF 2021- Nominee MY CHILDREN, won the Special Jury
Golden Giraldillo Prize in the Un-Certain Regard sec-

tion at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. In 2016, she

won the Silver Bear for Best Director for her film
THINGS TO COME at the 66th Berlin IFF.

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Kapitan Captain Volkonogov Escaped
Volkonogov
bezhal PÁå¥ÀÖ£ï ªÁ¯ÉÆÌ£ÉÆUÉƪï J¸ÉÌÃ¥ï

2021 / Russia, Captain Fyodor Volkonogov, a well-re-
France, Estonia / spected and obedient USSR law
Russian / 120 min. enforcer, witnesses his peers suspi-
ciously questioned. Sensing his turn
Director: approaching, he escapes and is soon
Natasha Merkulova & on the run, hunted by his former col-
Aleksey Chupov leagues. Vulnerable and hopeless,
Producer: Fyodor realizes what he had been part
Valeriy Fedorovich, of. Suddenly, he gets a message from
Evgeniy Nikishov, hell: after death, he will be sentenced
Alexander Plotnikov to eternal torments. The only way to
Editor: avoid it is to repent and to find at least
Francois Gedigier, one person who will give him forgive-
Mukharam Kabulova ness. But time is running out and the
Writer(s): man hunt is closing in on him.
Natalya Merkulova,
Aleksey Chupov, ¸ÉÆëAiÀÄvï gÀµÁåzÀ°è AiÀÄÄzÀÞzÀ ¸ÀªÀÄAiÀÄ. ¸ÉÆëAiÀÄvï PÁ£ÀÆ£ÀÄ
March Thaniel eÁj KeɤìAiÀÄ ªÀÄÄRå¸ÀÜ£ÁV PÁå¥ÀÖ£ï ªÁ¯ÉÆÌ£ÉÆUÉÆªï ¸ÉêÉ
DOP: ¸À°è¸ÀÄwÛzÁÝgÉ. UÉƪï Cw £ÀA©PÀ¸ÀÜ. E¯ÁSÉAiÀÄ ªÀÄÄRå¸ÀÜgÀÄ,
Mart Taniel ¸ÀºÉÆÃzÉÆåÃVUÀ½UɯÁè UÉƪï CAzÀgÉ CwAiÀiÁzÀ UËgÀªÀ.
Sound: EzÀÝQÌzÀÝAvÉ UÉƪï fêÀ£ÀzÀ°è MAzÀÄ C¤jÃQëvÀ wgÀĪÀÅ. Qæ«Ä£À¯ï
Matis Rei, Antonina DgÉÆÃ¥ÀªÉÇAzÀ£ÀÄß CªÀ£À «gÀÄzÀÞ ªÀiÁqÀ¯ÁVzÉ. §AzsÀ£ÀzÀ
Balashova, Ilya ¸ÀĽªÀÅ zÉÆgÉvÀ £ÀAvÀgÀ UÉÆªï ¥ÀgÁjAiÀiÁUÀÄvÁÛ£É. MAzÉÃ
Stepanischev UÀAmÉAiÀÄ CªÀ¢üAiÀÄ°è CªÀ£À ªÀåQÛvÀé PÀĹzÀÄ ©¢ÝzÉ. CªÀ£À §UÉÎ
Music: C¥ÁgÀ «±Áé¸À ºÉÆA¢zÀÝ CªÀ£À ¸ÀºÉÆÃzÉÆåÃVUÀ¼Éà CªÀ£À£ÀÄß
Elena Stroganova PÉÆ®è®Ä ¨É£ÀßnÖzÁÝgÉ. ¸ÁAiÀÄĪÀÅzÀÄ ¤²ÑvÀ J£ÀÄߪÀÅzÀÄ SÁvÀ-
Cast: jAiÀiÁVzÉ, vÀ£Àß ºÀuɧgÀºÀ §zÀ¯Á¬Ä¹PÉƼÀî®Ä CªÀ¤UÉÆAzÀÄ
Yuriy Borisov, Nikita PÉÆ£ÉAiÀÄ CªÀPÁ±À«zÉ, vÀ£Àß C¥ÀgÁzsÀªÀ£ÀÄß ªÀĤ߸ÀĪÀ M§â ªÀåQÛ
Kukushkin, Timofey ¹UÀ§ºÀÄzÉà JAzÀÄ UÉÆªï ¥ÀjvÀ¦¸ÀÄvÁÛ£É.
Tribuntsev, Aleksan-
dr Yatsenko Aleksey Chupov (1973, Russia) is a

Nominations director and scriptwriter.
Venice FF 2021-
Nominee Best Film Natalya Merkulova is a Russian
/ Haifa IFF 2021-
Nominee Best In- filmmaker.
ternational Film
The couple has written and directed several fea-
Awards tures together, including their debut INTIMATE
Gijón IFF 2021- PARTS (2013). The film was critically acclaimed and
Winner Best Film | received over 30 awards and nominations at vari-
Chicago IFF 2021- ous Russian and international film festivals. In 2018,
Winner Best Art their feature THE MAN WHO SURPRISED EVERY-
Direction ONE premiered in Venice.

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Charlatan Charlatan

2020 / Czech Repub- ZÀ¯ÁðmÁ£ï
lic, Ireland, Poland,
Slovakia / The film is inspired by the true story of
Czech / 118 min. herbalist Jan Mikolasek, who dedicat-
ed his life to caring for the sick despite
Director: the immense obstacles he faced pri-
Agnieszka Holland vately and publicly. Born at the turn of
Producer: the 20th century, Mikolasek wins fame
Sarka Cimbalova, and fortune using unorthodox treat-
Kevan Van Thompson ment methods to cure a wide range
Editor: of diseases. Already a local institution
Pavel Hrdlicka in Czechoslovakia before World War II,
Writer(s): the healer gains reputation and wealth
Marek Epstein, during the Nazi occupation and under
Martin Sulc, Jaroslav Communist rule. One after the other,
Sedlácek every regime will want to use his skills
DOP: and in return, give him protection. But
Martin Strba how high shall be the costs to main-
Sound: tain this status as the tide turns?
Radim Hladik
Music: ¸À¸Àåd£Àå OµÀ¢ü¬ÄAzÀ¯Éà ¸ÀºÀ¸ÁægÀÄ d£ÀgÀ SÁ¬Ä¯ÉAiÀÄ£ÀÄß
Antoni Komasa-La- UÀÄt¥Àr¸ÀÄwÛzÀÝ eÁ£ï «ÄPÉƯɸÀPï£À (1889-1973)
zarkiewicz fêÀ£ÀzÀ £ÉÊd WÀl£ÉAiÀÄ£ÁßzsÀj¹zÀ avÀæ. vÀ£Àß SÁ¸ÀV ºÁUÀÆ
Cast: ¸ÁªÀðd¤PÀ fêÀ£ÀPÉÌ JµÉÖà CrØ DvÀAPÀUÀ¼ÀÄ JzÀÄgÁzÀgÀÆ
Ivan Trojan, Josef JzÉUÀÄAzÀzÉ vÀ£Àß Erà fêÀ£ÀªÀ£Éßà ¸À¸ËåµÀ¢ü ªÀÄÆ®PÀ
Trojan, Juraj Loj d£ÀgÀ gÉÆÃUÀgÀÄf£ÀUÀ¼À£ÀÄß UÀÄt¥Àr¸À¯ÉAzÉà «ÄøÀ°lÖªÀ£ÀÄ
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International aQvÉìUÁV ºÁvÉÆgÉAiÀÄÄwÛzÀÝgÀÄ. eÉPɸÉÆèêÉQAiÀiÁzÀ CzsÀåPÀëgÀÆ
Feature Film at EªÀ¤AzÀ OµÀ¢ü ¥ÀqÉ¢zÀÝgÀÄ. EªÀ£À OµÀ¢ü ¥ÀqÉzÀ E§âgÀÄ ªÀåQÛUÀ¼À
the 93rd Academy zÉúÀzÀ°è «µÀAiÀÄÄPÀÛ ¸À¸ÀåPÁëgÀ ¥ÀvÉÛAiÀiÁzÀ PÁgÀt «ÄPÉÆ®¸ÉPï
Awards / Berlin IFF §AzsÀ£ÀªÁ¬ÄvÀÄ. F DgÉÆÃ¥À gÀÄdĪÁvÁUÀzÉ 1963 gÀ°è
2020- Best Feature «ÄPÉÆ®¸ÉPï ©qÀÄUÀqÉAiÀiÁzÀ.
Film

Awards Agnieszka Holland

Czech Lions 2021 Agnieszka Holland is a Polish film
Winner- Best Film, and television director and screen-
Best Director, writer, best known for her political
Best Actor, Best contributions to Polish cinema. She
Cinematography, began her career as an assistant to
Best Sound
directors Krzysztof Zanussi and Andrzej Wajda, and
emigrated to France shortly before the 1981 imposi-
tion of the martial law in Poland.

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Charlotte Charlotte

2021 / Argentina, µÁ¯Éðmï
Paraguay /
Spanish / 79 min. A forgotten movie star learns that the
director who made her famous will be
Director: filming his last film in Paraguay. So,
Simon Franco she sets out on an unusual journey in
Producer: search of something more than just
Fernando Blanco, getting the leading role she feels be-
Alejandro Cacetta, longs to her.
Simon Franco,
Araquen Rodriguez, CeÉÊðAmÉãÁzÀ ¥ÀæSÁåvÀ ZÀ®£ÀavÀæ £Àn µÁ¯Éðmï, FUÀ ªÀÄgÉvÀÄ
Mili Roque Pitt ºÉÆÃzÀ ªÀÄÄR. «±À鹤ªÀiÁgÀAUÀPÉÌ vÀ£ÀߣÀÄß ¥ÀjZÀ¬Ä¹, ¥ÀæSÁåvÀ
Editor: PÀ¯Á«zÉAiÀiÁUÀ®Ä PÁgÀt£ÁzÀ ¤zÉÃð±ÀPÀ£Éà vÀ£Àß PÉÆ£ÉAiÀÄ
Andrés Tambornino avÀæªÀ£ÀÄß ¥ÀgÀUÉéAiÀÄ°è awæÃPÀj¸ÀÄwÛgÀĪÀÅzÀÄ µÁ¯ÉðmïUÉ ºÉƸÀ
Writer(s): C£ÀĨsÀªÀ. PÀ¼ÉzÀÄ ºÉÆÃzÀ ¢£ÀUÀ¼À£ÀÄß £É£À¦¹PÉƼÀÄîvÀÛ¯Éà EAzÀÄ
Constanza Cabrera, K£ÁVzÉÝÃ£É JA§ÄzÀ£ÀÄß «±Éèö¹PÉƼÀÄîªÀ £ÀnAiÀÄ ¥ÀAiÀÄt
Simon Franco, Lucila DvÀ䫱ÉèõÀuÉAiÀÄÆ DVzÉ. vÀ£Àß ¹¤ªÀiÁzÀ d£¦æAiÀÄ ºÁ¢AiÀÄ°è
Podestá PÀAqÀÄAqÀ ¢£ÀUÀ¼À ªÀÄÆ®PÀ d£À¦æAiÀÄ £Àn DvÀ䤪ÉÃzÀ£É
DOP: ªÀiÁrPÉƼÀÄîvÁÛ¼É.
Pablo Desanzo
Sound:
Esteban Golubicki
Music:
Mariano Barrella
Cast:
Ángela Molina, Lali
Gonzalez, Fernán
Mirás

Awards Simo’n Franco

IFFI 2021- Winner He was born in Argentina. He stud-
Best Actor ied Directing at the Universidad
del Cine (FUC) and specialized in
the script workshop of José martín-
ez-Sierra. As a screenwriter for the

feature film GUARANÍ (2016) he obtained the Best
Screenplay award at the FIC in Gramado.

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Baglilik Hasan Commitment Hasan

2021 / Turkey / PÀ«ÄmïªÉÄAmï ºÀ¸À£ï
Turkish / 147 min.
Making his living from gardening and
Director: farming in the land he inherited from
Semih Kaplanoğlu his father, Hasan tries to get rid of the
Producer: power pole to be installed in his land.
Semih Kaplanoğlu His impending voyage to Mecca for
Editor: pilgrimage leads to soul searching into
Emre Kocazorbaz, his past.
Firat Terzioglu,
James Norman ¦vÁæfðvÀªÁV §AzÀ ºÀtÂÚ£À vÉÆÃlªÀ£ÀÄß £ÉÆÃr PÉƼÀÄîvÁÛ
Writer(s): §zÀÄPÀÄ ¸ÁV¸ÀÄwÛzÁÝ£É ºÀ¸À£ï. MAzÀÄ ¢£À CªÀ£À ºÉÆ®zÀ £ÀqÀĪÉ
Semih Kaplanoğlu, JAf¤AiÀÄgïUÀ¼ÀÄ §AzÀÄ ºÉʪÉÇïÉÖÃeï «zÀÄåvï PÀA§UÀ¼À£ÀÄß
Furkan Yesilnur £ÉqÀĪÀ PÉ®¸À DgÀA©ü¹zÁÝgÉ, ºÀ¸À£ï EzÀ£ÀÄß ¥Àæw¨sÀn¸ÀÄvÁÛ£É. EzÀÄ
DOP: ¸ÀPÁðgÀzÀ AiÉÆÃd£ÉAiÀiÁVgÀĪÀÅzÀjAzÀ C°è ¥ÀªÀgï Væqï §gÀ°zÉ
Özgür Eken JAzÀÄ C¢üPÁjUÀ¼ÀÄ ºÉüÀÄvÁÛgÉ. ¥ÀPÀÌzÀ¯Éèà EgÀĪÀ SÁ° eÁUÀzÀ°è
Sound: D AiÉÆÃd£ÉAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ¸ÀܼÁAvÀj¸ÀĪÀAvÉ ºÀ¸À£ï ¥Àj¥ÀjAiÀiÁV
Seckin Akyildiz, ªÀÄ£À« ªÀiÁrPÉÆAqÀgÀÆ CzÀÄ CgÀtågÉÆÃzÀ£ÀªÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ.
Cenker Kökten
Cast:
Umut Karadag, Filiz
Bozok , Gökhan Azlag

Nominations

Cannes FF 2021 -
Nominee Un Certain
Regard Award

Awards Semih Kaplanoğlu
Sao Paulo IFF 2021-
Winner Best For- He was born in 1963 in Turkey. He is
eign Film / Golden one of the most acclaimed writers,
Rooster Awards directors, and producers of contem-
2021- Winner Best
International Actor, porary cinema in Turkey. His first
Best International films AWAS FROM HOME (2001) and
Film
ANGEL’S FALL (2004) were screened at interna-
World Sales: tional festivals worldwide, but with his third feature
Films Boutique EGG (2007), he achieved international recognition
as the film was premiered in Quinzaine des réali-
sateurs. In 2008, MILK premiered at the Venice FF,
giving him international awards, such as FIPRESCI
prize at the Istanbul FF. HONEY (2010), the third
part of the Yusuf Trilogy, won the Golden Bear at
Berlinale that year.

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Hytti nro 6 Compartment No. 6

2021 / Finland, PÀA¥ÁgïÖªÉÄAmï £ÀA§gï 6
Russia, Estonia,
Germany / Russian, A young Finnish woman escapes an
Finnish / 107 min. enigmatic love affair in Moscow by
boarding a train to the arctic port of
Director: Murmansk. Forced to share the long
Juho Kuosmanen ride and a tiny sleeping car with a larg-
Producer: er than life Russian miner, the unex-
Emilia Haukka, Jussi pected encounter leads the occupants
Rantamäki of Compartment No. 6 to face major
Editor: truths about human connection.
Jussi Rautaniemi
Writer(s): ¤UÀÆqsÀ ¦æÃwAiÀÄ §¯É¬ÄAzÀ vÀ¦à¹PÉÆAqÀ ¦ü£ï¯ÉAqï£À
Andris Feldmanis, AiÀÄĪÀw GvÀÛgÀzsÀÄæªÀzÀ°ègÀĪÀ Cw²ÃvÀ ¥ÀæzÉñÀªÁzÀ
Livia Ulman, Juho ªÀÄgïªÀÄ£ÁìPïUÉ ºÉÆÃUÀ®Ä gÉÊ®£ÉßÃgÀÄvÁÛ¼É. C¯ÉÆè§â gÀµÁåzÀ UÀtÂ
Kuosmanen PÉ®¸ÀUÁgÀ£ÉÆA¢UÉ ¥ÀÄmÁt PÁj£À°è zÀÆgÀzÀÆjUÉ §®ªÀAvÀ
DOP: ¥ÀAiÀÄt ªÀiÁqÀ¨ÉÃPÁzÀ ¸ÀAzÀ¨sÀð §gÀÄvÀÛzÉ. C¥ÀjavÀ£ÉÆA¢UÉ
Jani-Petteri Pas- C¤jÃQëvÀ ¥ÀAiÀÄtzÀ°è £ÀqÉAiÀÄĪÀ C¤jÃQëvÀ WÀl£ÉUÀ½AzÁV
si ¥ÀgÀ¸ÀàgÀgÀ fêÀ£À £ÉÆÃlªÉà §zÀ¯ÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ. ªÀiÁ£ÀªÀ ¸ÀA§AzsÀUÀ¼À
Sound: CwzÉÆqÀØ ¸ÀvÀåªÉÇAzÀÄ §AiÀįÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ.
Pietu Korhonen
Music:
Tracks & Fields
Cast:
Seidi Haarla, Yuriy
Borisov

Nominations

Palm Springs IFF
2022- Nominee
FIPRESCI Prize /
Golden Globes, USA
2022- Nominee
Best Motion Picture
- Non-English
Language

Awards Juho Kuosmanen

Cannes FF 2021- Juho Kuosmanen (born 1979) is a
Finnish film director and screenwrit-
Winner Grand er. He graduated from the
Aalto University School of Arts, De-
Prix, Prize of the sign and Architecture in 2014. Ku-

Ecumenical Jury - osmanen’s graduation film called THE PAINTING
SELLERS was nominated for five Finnish film Acad-
Special Mention / emy Awards. (set design, screenplay, best actress,
best director, best film). THE PAINTING SELLERS
Sao Paulo IFF 2021-
won the first prize in Cin’fondation at the Cannes
Winner Best Actor FF in 2010.

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Konferentsiya Conference

2020 / Russia, Esto- PÁ£ÀágÉ£ïì
nia, UK, Italy /
Russian / 129 min.

Director: Natalia, a nun from a remote Russian
Ivan I. Tverdovskiy monastery, comes to Moscow 17 years
Producer: after the terrorist attack in Dubrovka
Katerina Mikhaylova, Theatre. She went there to organize
Konstantin Fam, a memorial evening for the victims of
Egor Odintsov, the attack that happened in 2002. We
Alexandra Sarana soon learn that Natalia and her family
Editor: were witnesses of the attack. Almost
Ivan I. Tverdovskiy forgotten by the outside world, the
Writer(s): rest of the society makes the organiz-
Ivan I. Tverdovskiy ers and participants of the memorial
DOP: evening or the Conference feel like a
Fyodor Glazachyov, burden. Following the chronology of
Fedor Glazachev the events as told by a few participants
Sound: in the memorial evening, we learn the
Horret Kuus, Andrey dark details of Natalia’s personal story.
Guryanov, Rustam
Medov, Dmitriy zÀħÄæªÁPÀzÀ yAiÉÄÃlgï ªÉÄÃ¯É GUÀæUÁ«ÄUÀ¼À zÁ½ £ÀqÉzÀ
Beryoza ºÀ¢£ÉüÀÄ ªÀµÀðUÀ¼À £ÀAvÀgÀ Cw zÀÆgÀzÀ UÁæªÀĪÉÇAzÀgÀ°èzÀÝ PÉæöʸÀÛ
Music: ¸À£Á幪ÀÄoÀ¢AzÀ £ÀvÁ°AiÀiÁ JA§ PÉæöʸÀÛ ¸À£Á幤 ªÀiÁ¸ÉÆÌÃUÉ
Sten Sheripov §gÀÄvÁÛ¼É. 2020 gÀ CPÉÆÖçgï£À°è £ÀqÉzÀ F zÀÄWÀðl£ÉAiÀÄ°è
Cast: §°AiÀiÁzÀªÀgÀ ¸ÀägÀuÉ PÁAiÀÄðPÀæªÀÄ ¸ÀAWÀn¸À®Ä £ÀvÁ°AiÀiÁ¼À£ÀÄß
Natalya Pavlenkova, PÀ¼ÀÄ»¸À¯ÁVzÉ. £ÀvÁ°AiÀiÁ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ DPÉAiÀÄ PÀÄlÄA§ F
Natalya Potapova, zÁ½AiÀÄ ¥ÀævÀåPÀë ¸ÁQëUÀ¼ÁVzÀÝgÀÄ JA§ÄzÀ£ÀÄß ºÉÆgÀV£À ¥Àæ¥ÀAZÀ
Kseniya Zueva, Yan ªÀÄgÉvÉà ©nÖzÉ. DzÀgÉ §°AiÀiÁzÀªÀgÀ ¸ÀägÀuÁxÀð K¥Àðr¹zÀÝ
Tsapnik PÁAiÀÄðPÀæªÀÄzÀ°è ªÀiÁvÀ£ÁrzÀªÀgÀÄ ºÉýzÀ ªÀiÁ»wUÀ¼ÀÄ
£ÀvÁ°AiÀiÁ¼À ªÉÊAiÀÄQÛPÀ fêÀ£ÀzÀ PÀvÉAiÀÄ ºÀ®ªÀÅ PÀvÉUÀ¼À£ÀÄß
Nominations ©aÑqÀÄvÀÛzÉ.

Beijing IFF 2021-
Nominee Best Film
/Grand Prix Golden
Listapad- Nominee
Best Film

Awards Ivan I. Tverdovskiy
Cairo IFF 2020
Winner- Best Ac- He was born in 1988 in Moscow. In
tress, International 2011 he graduated from Moscow’s
Competition, Best Gerasimov Institute of Cinematog-
Director / RIGA IFF raphy (VGIK). His documentaries
Award Winner - have earned honors at Russian and
Best Film
international festivals, among them shorts like As
World Sales: If WAITING FOR A BUS (2009), PIANISM (2012), and
Reason 8 Films SHORT SPACE DOG (2013). CORRECTION CLASS
(2014), inspired by the novel by psychologist Eka-
terina Murashova, is his feature debut. ZOOLOGY
(2016) won Special Jury Prize at the Karlovy Vary IFF,
and JUMPMAN (2018) was screened at Karlovy Vary
IFF. His latest film CONFERENCE (2020) was played
at Giornate degli Autori and Festival du Noveau
Cin’ma.

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Dorogie tovarish- Dear Comrades!
chi
rAiÀÄgï PÁªÉÄæÃqïì
2020 / Russia /
Russian / 118 min.

Director: The movie takes place in a provincial
Andrei Konchalovsky town in the south of the USSR in 1962.
Producer: Lyudmila, a devout Communist Party
Andrei Konchalovsky,
Olesya Gidrat, Alisher official and idealistic veteran of WWII,
Usmanov is a scourge of anything she perceives
Editor: as anti-Soviet sentiment. Together with
Karolina Maciejews-
ka, Sergey Taraskin other local Party officials, she is taken by
Writer(s): surprise by a strike at the local factory, in
Andrei Konchalovsky, which her daughter is taking part. As the
Elena Kiseleva
DOP: situation quickly spirals out of control,
Andrey Nayde- Lyudmila begins a desperate search for
nov her daughter in the face of curfews, mass
Sound: arrests, and the authorities’ ruthless at-
Polina Volynkina tempts to cover up the state violence.
Cast:
Julia Vysotskaya, Her once unquestioning faith in the party
Vladislav Komarov, line is shaken by her growing awareness
Andrei Gusev, Sergei of its human toll, tearing apart the world
Erlish, Yulia Burova she thought she knew.

Nominations 1962 gÀ ¸ÀªÀÄAiÀÄ. ¸ÀAAiÀÄÄPÀÛ ¸ÉÆëAiÀÄvï gÀµÁåzÀ zÀQët
Russian entry- ¨sÁUÀzÀ ¥ÁæAvÀ. PÀªÀÄÄ夸ïÖ ¥ÀPÀëzÀ ¤µÁתÀAvÀ PÁAiÀÄðzÀ²ð
Best International ºÁUÀÆ DzÀ±ÀðªÁ¢ ¯ÉÊzÀÄ«Ä®, ¸ÉÆëAiÀÄvï «gÀÄzÀÞzÀ MAzÀÄ
Feature Film at ¸ÀtÚ nÃPÉAiÀÄ£ÀÆß ¸À»¹PÉƼÀÄîwÛgÀ°®è. MAzÀÄ ¢£À CªÀ½UÉ
the 93rd Academy DWÁvÀªÁUÀĪÀ WÀl£É £ÀqɬÄvÀÄ. ¸ÀܽÃAiÀÄ PÁSÁð£ÉAiÀÄ°è
Awards / BAFTA PÁ«ÄðPÀgÀÄ ªÀÄĵÀÌgÀ DgÀA©ü¹zÀÝgÀÄ. ¯ÉÊzÀÄ«Ä®¼À ªÀÄUÀ¼ÀÆ CzÀgÀ°è
Awards 2021- Best ¨sÁUÀªÀ»¹zÀݼÀÄ. ªÀÄĵÀÌgÀ UÀA©üÃgÀ ¸ÀégÀÆ¥À vÁ½ ¥Àj¹Üw PÉÊ «ÄÃ-
Film Not in the jvÀÄ. PÀ¥sÀÆåð, ¸ÁªÀÄÆ»PÀ §AzsÀ£À, »A¸ÁZÁgÀªÀ£ÀÄß ºÀwÛPÀÌ®Ä
English Language ¸ÀܽÃAiÀÄ DqÀ½vÀ £ÀqɹzÀ zËdð£Àå EªÉ¯Áè ¨sÀAiÀiÁ£ÀPÀ ¸ÀégÀÆ¥À
¥ÀqÉAiÀÄÄwÛzÀÝAvÉAiÉÄà ¯ÉÊzÀÄ«Ä® ªÀÄUÀ¼À ºÀÄqÀÄPÁl DgÀA©ü¸ÀÄvÁÛ¼É.
»A¸ÁZÁgÀ ºÉaÑzÀAvÉ, ¥ÉưøÀgÀ zËdð£Àå ºÉZÁÑzÀAvÉ ¸Á«£À
¸ÀASÉå KgÀvÉÆqÀVzÀAvÉ ¥ÀPÀëzÀ §UÉÎ ¯ÉÊzÀīįÁ½VzÀÝ MAzÀÄ
PÁ®zÀ ¥Àæ±ÁßwÃvÀ ¥ÀPÀë ¤µÉ× ZÀzÀÄgÀ¯ÁgÀA©ü¸ÀÄvÀÛzÉ.

Awards Andrei Konchalovsky
Venice FF 2020
Winner- Special Born in Moscow in 1937, Konchal-
Jury Prize / Chica- ovsky graduated from the Moscow
go IFF 2020- Best Cinema Institute. He won awards
Director / Golden
Eagle Awards Win- at leading film festivals such as the
ner- Best Director Cannes, the Berlin and the Venice.

World Sales: He also has a reputation as a screenwriter and op-
Films Boutique
era director as well as a film director. Major works
include UNCLE VANYA (1970), SIBERIADE (1979),
MARIA’S LOVERS (1984), DUET FOR ONE (1986), THE
ODYSSEY (1997), HOUSE OF FOOLS (2002), and THE
NUTCRACKER in 3D (2010). DEAR COMRADES won
the Special Jury Prize at the Venice FF.

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PEDARAN Fathers

2020 / Iran / ¥sÁzÀgïì
Persian / 86 min.

Director: Confrontation of two different gener-
Salem Salavati ations can lead to some incidents. In
Producer: FATHERS, an incident brings two gen-
Shahram Maslakhi erations together.
Editor:
Hassan Hassandoust JgÀqÀÄ «©ü£Àß vÀ¯ÉªÀiÁgÀÄUÀ¼À ¸ÀAWÀµÀð AiÀiÁªÀÅzÁzÀgÉÆAzÀÄ
Writer(s): WÀl£ÉUÉ PÁgÀtªÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ. DzÀgÉ E°è WÀl£ÉAiÉÆAzÀÄ JgÀqÀÄ
Mohammad Reza vÀ¯ÉªÀiÁgÀÄUÀ¼À£ÀÄß MAzÀÄUÀÆr¸ÀÄvÀÛzÉ.
Gohari
DOP:
Morteza Poursamadi
Sound:
Hadi Maenavi, Hos-
sein Qourchian
Music:
Milad Movahedi
Cast:
Alireza Sanifar,
Hedayat Hashemi,
Gelareh Abassi,
Mahshid Naseri

Salem Salavati

Born in 1975 in Sanandaj, Salem Sa-
lavati started his photography and

filmmaking in 1989 with the Young
Cinema Association. He has direct-

ed and produced two feature films,
eleven short films, and three docu-
mentaries.

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S e p e l e n m i s In Between Dying

Ölümler Arasinda

2020 / Azerbaijan, E£ï ©néãï qÉʬÄAUï

Mexico, USA /

Azerbaijani / 88 min.

Director: Davud is a misunderstood, restless
Hilal Baydarov young man in search of his ‘true’ fam-
Producer: ily, whom he feels will bring love and
Hilal Baydarov, therefore, meaning to his life. One
Elshan Abbasov strange day, while pursued by men he
Editor: has crossed, he’s sure the day will be
Hilal Baydarov his last. Davud’s search then leads to
Writer(s): encounters with several unexpected
Hilal Baydarov deaths and a series of women striving
DOP: to liberate themselves from subjuga-
Elshan Abbasov tion. As he journeys, each death and
Sound: each liberation causes invisible mem-
Daniel Timmons, Ben ories and self-constructed narratives
Kruse to rise to the surface of his conscious-
Music: ness. Davud is propelled into a journey
Kanan Rustamli of self-discovery that leads him finally
Cast: back to the place he has always lived
Orkhan Iskandarli, and the love that was always there.
Rana Asga-
rova, Maryam ¸ÀtÚ dUÀ¼ÀzÀ°è AiÀÄĪÀPÀ£ÉƧâ£ÀÄß DPÀ¹äPÀªÁV PÉÆAzÀ
Naghiyeva, Murvat £ÀAvÀgÀ zÁªÀÇzï, vÀ£Àß ºÀ¼ÉAiÀÄ ªÉÆÃmÁgï ¸ÉÊPÀ°è£À°è ¥ÀgÁ-
Abdulazizov,Huseyn jAiÀiÁVzÁÝ£É. J°èUÉ ºÉÆÃUÀÄwÛzÉÝÃ£É JA§ÄzÀÄ CªÀ¤UÉÃ
Nasirov w½AiÀÄzÀÄ. DzÀgÉ CªÀ£À£ÀÄß ªÀÄƪÀgÀÄ ¨É£ÀßnÖzÁÝgÉ. F
CªÀ¸ÀgÀzÀ ªÉÃUÀzÀ ¢PÉÌà w½AiÀÄzÀ ºÁ¢AiÀÄ°è zÁªÀÇzï ¸Á«£À
Nominations ¸ÀgÀtÂAiÀÄ£Éßà PÁtÄvÁÛ£É, zÁ¸Àå¢AzÀ ©qÀÄUÀqÉAiÀiÁUÀ®Ä
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IFF 2021- Nominee ¹¤ªÀiÁ, ¸ÀªÀiÁdzÀ F C«ªÉÃQ PÀÈvÀåUÀ¼À£ÀÄß PÀAqÀ zÁªÀÇzï
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Award

Awards Hilal Baydarov
El Gouna FF 2020
Winner- Feature Hilal Baydarov was born in 1987 in Baku,
Narrative Compe- Azerbaijan. During his high school, he
tition(Bronze Star), won the national championships of
NETPAC Award for mathematics twice, in 2004 and 2005.
Best Asian Film / In 2011 he lead the Azeri team at the in-
Tokyo FILMeX 2020 formatics olympiad in Thailand.
Winner- Best FIlm
After masters in computer sciences, he left for Sarajevo
World Sales: to study film directing with Bela Tarr. His debut feature
Pluto Film film HILLS WITHOUT NAMES was premiered at the Mon-
Distribution treal FF in 2018, the same year he won the Docu Talent
award at Sarajevo FF for his film BIRTHDAY. WHEN THE
PERSIMMONS GREW (2019) is Baydarov’s third feature
film and has won two awards at Visions du réel film fes-
tival in Nyon and also Heart of Sarajevo for Best Docu-
mentary Film at Sarajevo Film Festival.

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Dýrið Lamb

2021 / Iceland, Swe- ¯ÁåA¨ï
den, Poland /
Icelandic / 106 min. An Icelandic couple live with their herd
of sheep on a beautiful but remote
Director: farm. When they discover a mysterious
Valdimar Jóhanns- newborn on their land, they decide to
son keep it and raise it as their own. This
Producer: unexpected development, and the
Hrönn Kristinsdót- prospects of a new family brings them
tir, Sara Nassim, much joy before ultimately destroying
Piodor Gustafsson, them.
Klaudia Smieja, Jan
Naszewski L¸ï¯ÉAqï£À d£À¥ÀzÀ PÀvÉAiÀÄ£ÁßzsÀj¹zÀ avÀæ. UÁæ«ÄÃt
Editor: L¸ï¯ÉAqï£À gÉÊvÀzÀA¥ÀwUÉ ªÀÄPÀ̼À ¨sÁUÀå«®è.vÀªÀÄä PÀÄ-
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Jóhannsson JAzÀÄ ¹éÃPÀj¸À®Ä ¤zsÀðj¸ÀÄvÁÛgÉ. DzÀgÉ CzÀÄ ¸ÁzsÀåªÉÃ?
DOP: ¥ÀæPÀÈwzÀvÀÛªÁV CzÀÄ ¨É¼ÉAiÀĨÉÃPÁzÀ ªÁvÁªÀgÀt ¸ÀȶָÀĪÀÅzÀÄ
Eli Arenson C¤ªÁAiÀÄðªÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ. «gÉÆÃzsÀUÀ¼À £ÀqÀÄªÉ ¨É¼ÉAiÀÄĪÀ vÁ¬Ä-
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Ingvar Lunderg,
Björn Viktorsson
Music:
Þórarinn Guðnason
Cast:
Noomi Rapace, Björn
Hlynur Haralds-
son , Hilmir Snær
Guðnason

Nominations

Zurich FF 2021-
Nominee Golden
Eye / Sao Paulo
IFF 2021- Nominee
Best Film / Palm
Springs IFF 2022-
Nominee FIPRESCI
Prize

Awards Valdimar Jóhannsson
Cannes FF 2021-
Winner Un Certain He was born in 1978 in the north of
Regard - Prize of Iceland. He has been active in the
Originality / Euro-
pean Film Awards The Icelandic film industry for two
2021- Winner Euro- decades, as a leading crew-member
pean Visual Effects
Supervisor both in Icelandic films as well as

World Sales: larger service productions. LAMB is Valdimar’s first
Mubi feature film. He has previously directed short films,
some award-winning and widely distributed.
From 2013 to 2015, he was in the PhD program at
Bela Tarr’s Filmfactory in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzego-
vina. His mentors there included Tilda Swinton, Gus
Van Sant, Carlos Reygadas and Apichatpong
Weerasethakul, among others.

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Në kërkim të Ven- Looking for Venera
erës
®ÄQAUï ¥sÁgï ªÉ£ÉgÀ
2021 / Macedonia /
Albanian / 111 min. When crossing paths with a new friend, tim-
id Venera is pushed to question her patriar-
Director: chal family and follow open-minded Dorina,
Norika Sefa whose strong attitude against conventions
Producer: taps into Venera’s curiosity for exploring
Besnik Krapi more. While Venera muses on the meaning
Editor: of life, the film expresses a sense of life’s ab-
Norika Sefa, Stefan surdity; behind the rough facades, people
Stabenow are hiding a world of emotions – from hu-
Writer(s): miliation to guilt and disillusionment. The
Norika Sefa film taps into the provocative sexual appe-
DOP: tites of the teenagers and touches on the
Luis Armando random acts of bullying they have to deal
Arteaga with not only from their parents but also
Sound: Risto from their peers, vividly dramatizing their
Alchinov romance through unspoken moments; eye
Music: contact, a touch, a smile, as they try to an-
Risto Alchinov chor their lost souls. “I have never seen my
Cast: parents kissing,” says Venera.
Kosovare Krasniqi,
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MAzÀÄ zÀÈqsÀ¤zsÁðgÀPÉÌ §A¢zÁݼÉ. £Á£ÀÄ vÁ¬ÄAiÀÄAvÁUÀ¨ÁgÀzÀÄ.
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JA§ ¨ÉøÀgÀ CªÀ¼À°èzÉ.

Awards Norika Sefa
Sarajevo FF
2021- Winner Norika Sefa is a Kosovo born film-
Special Award for
the Promotion of maker. Her films are heterogeneous
Gender Equality in style, merging fiction and docu-
/ Rotterdam IFF mentary, pieces that create atmos-
2021- Winner Spe- phere rather than stick to a conven-
cial Jury Award
tional narrative. Recently she made KISS ME, NOW
World Sales: (2020), along with DESDE ARRIBA (2020), two-hy-
Film Republic brid documentaries. She made the last one under
the guidance of Werner Herzog in the Peruvian jun-
gle. LOOKING FOR VENERA (2021) is her first feature

film and premiered at IFF Rotterdam, winning the
special jury award in the Tiger competition.

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Memoria Memoria

2021 / Colombia, ªÉĪÉÆjAiÀÄ
Thailand, France,
Germany, Mexico, Ever since being startled by a loud
Qatar / Spanish, ‘bang’ at daybreak, Jessica (Tilda Swin-
English / 136 min. ton) is unable to sleep. In Bogotá while
visiting her sister, she befriends Ag-
Director: nes (Jeanne Balibar), an archaeologist
Apichatpong Weera- studying human remains discovered
sethakul within a tunnel under construction.
Producer: Jessica travels to see Agnes at the ex-
Apichatpong cavation site. In a small town nearby,
Weerasethakul, she encounters a fish scaler, Hernan
Diana Bustamante, (Elkin Diaz). They share memories by
Simon Fields, the river. As the day comes to a close,
Keith Griffiths, Jessica awakenes to a sense of clarity.
Charles de Meaux,
Michael Weber, Julio ¸ÁÌnµï ªÀÄ»¼É eɹìPÁ PÉÆ®A©AiÀiÁzÀ CgÀtå ¥ÀæzÉñÀzÀ°è
Chavezmontes ¥ÀæªÁ¸ÀzÀ°èzÁÝUÀ ¨sÁjà ±À§Ý PÉý ¨ÉaѩüÀÄvÁÛ¼É. «ÄzÀĽ£À
Editor: eÁÕ£ÉÃA¢æAiÀĪÀÇåºÀzÀ gÉÆÃUÀ®PÀëtUÀ¼ÀÄ G®ãt¹gÀĪÀÅzÀgÀ
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DOP: CUÉ߸ï£À£ÀÄß ¨sÉÃnAiÀiÁUÀ®Ä eɹìPÁ ºÉÆgÀqÀÄvÁÛ¼É. ªÀiÁUÀð ªÀÄzsÉå
Sayombhu Mukde- «ÄãÀÄ »rAiÀÄÄwÛgÀĪÀ ºÀ£Àð£ï ¨sÉÃnAiÀiÁUÀÄvÁÛ£É. £À¢AiÀÄ ¸ÀÄvÀÛ
eprom £ÀqÉzÀ £É£À¥ÀÄUÀ¼À ªÀiÁ¯É PÀxÁgÀÆ¥ÀzÀ°è ºÉÆgÀ§gÀÄvÀÛzÉ. PÀvÉ
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Akritchalerm Kala- ªÀÄÆqÀÄvÀÛzÉ.
yanamitr, Richard
Hocks
Music:
César López
Cast:
Tilda Swinton, Elkin
Díaz, Jeanne Balibar,
Juan Pablo Urrego,
Daniel Giménez
Cacho

Nominations Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Palm Springs IFF
2022- Nominee He is recognized as one of the most
FIPRESCI Prize original voices in contemporary
cinema. His previous seven feature
Awards films, short films, installations and
Cannes FF 2021- his recent live performance has
Winner Jury Prize / won him widespread international
Chicago IFF 2021- recognition and numerous awards, including the
Winner Best Fea- Cannes Palme d’Or in 2010 with UNCLE BOONMEE
ture WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES. His TROPICAL
MALADY won the Cannes Competition Jury Prize in
World Sales: Mubi 2004, and BLISSFULLY YOURS won the Cannes Un
Certain Regard Award in 2002. SYNDROMES AND A
CENTURY (2006) was recognized as one of the last
decade’s best films in several 2010 polls. MYSTERI-
OUS OBJECT AT NOON (2000), his first feature, has
been restored by Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema
Foundation.

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